Everyone knows that the late Lord Grimsdale's son died years ago in a shipwreck.
Now, here is a man as large as life proclaiming himself Grimsdale's true heir and thus owner of the world's largest caloric fluid refining operation.
Miss Gladys Dunchurch does not wish to involve herself. She is busy worrying about this new recording machine and how that will change her beloved show business?
But to help her friend Charlie Decharles, she must discover how this mysterious Claimant is connected to a mystical cult, the government's new Office of Statistical Tabulation, a madman in an asylum who claims to travel through time, an attack on the first diplomatic meeting between Earth and the Moon, and two extremely exasperated ghosts.
Science Fiction, Steampunk
About The Author
Australian SFF author BG Hilton spent most of his life doing jobs so tedious that his only escape was entertaining himself with crazy fantasy stories, and now he writes them down in the hope of entertaining others.
He specialises in Speculative Fiction, Humour and Non-Fiction. He works in the education sector these days, which would probably surprise any of his teachers.
His debut novel -- the Steampunk adventure 'Champagne Charlie and the Amazing Gladys' was published by in 2020.
He lives with his family in Sydney, and consequently spends a lot of time in traffic.
