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conversations.value: Do you know a description for a book titled Secrets of the Fire Sea about Praise, `the, Philip with the genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery?
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conversations.value: Praise for the author: `the author's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers. This is Philip Pullman with a dose of benzedrine. Hold on to your hat and let yourself get carried away.' Tom Holt 'A ripping yarn... the story pounds along... constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked... the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun' SFX 'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels' Lisa Tuttle, The Times 'The characters are convincing and colourful, but the real achievement is the setting, a hellish take on Victorian London... the depth and complexity of the author's vision makes it compulsive reading for all ages' Guardian 'Wonderfully assured... the author knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension' Time Out