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The second book in this Edwardian steampunk adventure series, featuring two secret agents from the "Ministry of Peculiar Occurences"

About Pip Ballantine

PIP BALLANTINE is a writer, podcaster and librarian. Her novels have been shortlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel and Parsec awards. In 2009, the podcast version of Chasing the Bard won a Sir Julius Vogel Award. She is currently residing in Wellington.


Published: May 29, 2012 by Harper Collins

Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy. Fiction. 432 pages

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  • All Critics: 13
  • Positive: 12
  • Negative: 1

  • Book Chick City | 10 Sep 2012

    Morris and Ballantine just get better and better with Eliza and Welly, and I have difficulty thinking of anything I didn’t like about the characters or the world in which these authors set the story.

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  • All About Romance

    I had fun with The Janus Affair. The storytelling is cracking and the world-building layered.

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  • Travels Through Iest | 6 Jul 2012

    The Janus Affair took a little long to set up for mine, but once you got past that, and the story really got going, the sparks flew, the action rolled and the pages flew by.

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  • Readin' and Dreamin | 23 May 2012

    Even more thrilling than its predecessor...is filled with even more sketchy characters, hilarious dialogue, drop-down drag-out fights, and more scenes with my favorite Italian lady assassin: Sophia del Morte.

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  • FlagShip The Sci-Fi/Fantasy arm of Flying Island Press. | 14 May 2012

    If you like high adventure with a mix of humor, romance, and a dash of social commentary, then this is indeed a book for you.

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  • Beauty in Ruins | 7 May 2012

    As for the characters, they are truly why this second volume shines.

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  • Tor | 10 Jul 2012

    The Janus Affair feels complacent, and not as progressive as it might like to be. The ending makes little sense, and ultimately doesn’t cohere with the whole of the novel well enough to be very interesting.

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  • Ageless Pages Reviews | 7 May 2012

    The Janus Affair, simply put, is a book that has a lot to offer across a wide variety of areas.

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  • Lit Stack | 24 May 2012

    But what I found to be the most dynamic aspect of the novel...is the effortless manner in which these two writers wove together such a seamless story. T

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  • Begin at the Beginning | 8 Jun 2012

    If you are a fan of steampunk, historical fiction, X-Files, spy stories, romance, explosions or, most particularly, all of the above, then I’ll wager that you will love this series as much as I do.

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  • Doctor Fantastique's Show of Wonders | 9 Jul 2012

    I felt my jaw drop open so hard several times that it popped audibly. I was white-knuckled gripping the pages.

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  • The Nifty Tech Blog | 6 Jun 2012

    The book is beautifully written. The characters are real, and the dialog rings true in a wonderfully snarky way.

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  • Steampunk Chronicle | 24 Apr 2012

    In this novel the mystery is the thing, opposed to some of the all-out running gun fights of the previous volume.

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