Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon

Burton & Swinburne, Book 3

De: Mark Hodder

Narrado por: Gerard Doyle

Africa, 1863. Sir Richard Francis Burton, an explorer, a linguist, a scholar, and the king's agent - or is he a puppet being manipulated by forces he cannot understand? A race to find the source of the Nile! Algernon Charles Swinburne - a famous young flame-haired poet, thrill-seeker, and follower of the Marquis de Sade. For him, pain is pleasure, and brandy is ruin! Back to where the adventure began!

It is 1863, but not the one it should be. Time has veered wildly off course, and moves are being made that will lead to a devastating world war. Prime Minister Lord Palmerston believes that by possessing the three Eyes of Naga he'll be able to manipulate events and avoid the war. He already has two of the stones, but he needs Sir Richard Francis Burton to recover the third. For the king's agent, it's a chance to return to the Mountains of the Moon to make a second attempt at locating the source of the Nile. But a rival expedition led by John Hanning Speke stands in his way, threatening a confrontation that could ignite the very war that Palmerston is trying to avoid!

Caught in a tangled web of cause, effect, and inevitability, little does Burton realize that the stakes are far higher than even he suspects. A final confrontation comes in London, where, in the year 1840, Burton must face the man responsible for altering time—Spring Heeled Jack!

Burton and Swinburne's third adventure completes the three-volume story arc begun in The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack and The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man.

Listen to more in the Burton & Swinburne series.©2011 Mark Hodder (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Rest of series helloooooo???????

I've read through 5 on my own now I wanna finish the series being read to, where tf are the rest???!!?!!!??!!?? why is it taking so long???!?! and how do we promote these books??? great books like this only get a couple hundred reviews and because of it anyone seeking adventure would be led astray or amiss because these aren't promoted as much as they should be... sheesh

Almost, but not quite.

In the words of our hero, Sir Richard Francis Burton, “Bismillah!” This book was...not as good as the first two. I hate to say it. It hurts me to say it. I loved the other books so much that I couldn’t imagine where the third could even go. I was giddy. But rather than stomp around England, we spend ~75% of the book traveling from England to the Arabian peninsula to eastern Africa to the mysterious Mountains of the Moon, and maybe 10% dealing with what happens when we actually get there. There’s plenty of action, but also a lot of repetition.

And when we finally get to the end, it just falls a little short. Maybe my expectations were too high. Maybe the author had a tough time wrapping up his myriad storylines into one discreet package. I was disappointed, because I wanted to love this one as much as the others. All that being said, I would still recommend the trilogy to everyone and anyone. Narrator Gerard Doyle, you are my hero.

getting harder to follow

I like the twists and turns but sometimes it makes my head hurt trying to figure it out☺

Terrific Steampunk Thriller!

If you are a steampunk fan you will love this time-traveling, huge-scaled sci-fi novel. It picks you up from the first page and never stops until the last. Loved it.

Not as enjoyable as the others

Where does Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Its a very confusing book that takes place in the present and future at the same time and thus as an audio book (which in a car, you tend to listen for 50 mins at a time) its a very confusing book.

Would you be willing to try another book from Mark Hodder? Why or why not?

Yes, overall the series is interesting and captivating.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Been there destroyed that again.