Baron Frankenstein fashioned just one creature from the remnants of the dead,but the Governments who have hijacked his discoveries see the advantage ofresurrection on an industrial scale. What better way to fight theirnever-ending wars than with armies of obedient undead soldiers, recycled fromearlier battles? And how better to silence their own citizens who protest atceaseless conflict and plundered graveyards?Set in the 1830s,Frankenstein’s Legions details an alternative history in which Frankensteinianscience is a reality, revived after patchy prohibition by a second and evenmore fanatical French Revolution. The republican regime, inspired by zeal anddesperation, has swept over Europe, employing inexhaustible swarms ofzombie-like (or Lazaroid) troops. The remaining independent nations, includingEngland, are obliged to shed their scruples and likewise raise Lazaroidarmies.Across this crazed and Gothic history stride Julius Frankenstein,soldier nephew of the notorious scientist; Charles Babbage inventor of theproto-computer Difference Engine; and the Honourable Augusta Ada, Countess ofLovelace, genius daughter of Lord Byron. Pulling their strings – they believe– are the puppetmasters Talleyrand, French statesman par excellence and now arenegade in English employ; and Sir Percy Blakeney, sometime Scarlet Pimperneland current head of the British Secret Service.Meanwhile, the Frenchhave been unwise enough to revive their recently deceased Emperor. Theintention was simply to pick the brain of history’s foremost military mind.However, the risen Emperor Napoleon is developing fresh ambitions of his own…