The Long Road Back

Creating Canada's New Conservative Party

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
Cover of the book The Long Road Back by Hugh Segal, HarperCollins Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Hugh Segal ISBN: 9781554689484
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication: August 10, 2010
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Language: English
Author: Hugh Segal
ISBN: 9781554689484
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication: August 10, 2010
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Language: English

“The laws of Smoke are complex. Not every lie will trigger it. A fleeting thought of evil may pass unseen; a fib, an excuse, a piece of flattery. Next thing you know its smell is in your nose. There is no more hateful smell in the world than the smell of Smoke.”

England. A century ago, give or take a few years.

An England where people who are wicked in thought or deed are marked by the Smoke that pours forth from their bodies, a sign of their fallen state. The aristocracy do not smoke, proof of their virtue and right to rule, while the lower classes are drenched in sin and soot. An England utterly strange and utterly real.

An elite boarding school where the sons of the wealthy are groomed to take power as their birthright. Teachers with mysterious ties to warring political factions at the highest levels of government. Three young people who learn everything they’ve been taught is a lie - knowledge that could cost them their lives. A grand estate where secrets lurk in attic rooms and hidden laboratories. A love triangle. A desperate chase. Revolutionaries and secret police. Religious fanatics and coldhearted scientists. Murder. A London filled with danger and wonder. A tortured relationship between a mother and a daughter, and a mother and a son. Unexpected villains and unexpected heroes. Cool reason versus passion. Rich versus poor. Right versus wrong, though which is which isn’t clear.

This is the world of Smoke, a narrative tour de force, a tale of Dickensian intricacy and ferocious imaginative power, richly atmospheric and intensely suspenseful.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

“The laws of Smoke are complex. Not every lie will trigger it. A fleeting thought of evil may pass unseen; a fib, an excuse, a piece of flattery. Next thing you know its smell is in your nose. There is no more hateful smell in the world than the smell of Smoke.”

England. A century ago, give or take a few years.

An England where people who are wicked in thought or deed are marked by the Smoke that pours forth from their bodies, a sign of their fallen state. The aristocracy do not smoke, proof of their virtue and right to rule, while the lower classes are drenched in sin and soot. An England utterly strange and utterly real.

An elite boarding school where the sons of the wealthy are groomed to take power as their birthright. Teachers with mysterious ties to warring political factions at the highest levels of government. Three young people who learn everything they’ve been taught is a lie - knowledge that could cost them their lives. A grand estate where secrets lurk in attic rooms and hidden laboratories. A love triangle. A desperate chase. Revolutionaries and secret police. Religious fanatics and coldhearted scientists. Murder. A London filled with danger and wonder. A tortured relationship between a mother and a daughter, and a mother and a son. Unexpected villains and unexpected heroes. Cool reason versus passion. Rich versus poor. Right versus wrong, though which is which isn’t clear.

This is the world of Smoke, a narrative tour de force, a tale of Dickensian intricacy and ferocious imaginative power, richly atmospheric and intensely suspenseful.

More books from HarperCollins Publishers

Cover of the book The Liberation of Sita by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Marathi Manoos by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Coming Home To You by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Fighting The Good Fight by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book The Vietnam War: History in an Hour by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book The Boy at the Bakery: A Short Story (The Meet Cute) by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Horoscope 2019: Your Complete Forecast, Virgo by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Gypsy Wedding Dreams: Ten dresses. Ten Dreams. All the secrets revealed. by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book The Extra by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Far From My Father’s House by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Four Days in June by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Blind Eye (Logan McRae, Book 5) by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Cry Silent Tears: The heartbreaking survival story of a small mute boy who overcame unbearable suffering and found his voice again by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book Mermaid In The Watery Deep by Hugh Segal
Cover of the book The Dying of the Light (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 9) by Hugh Segal
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy