Praise for Stephen Hunt:'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 Hunt's vision makes it compulsive reading for all ages' Guardian'Wonderfully assured … Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension' Time Out'Studded with invention' Independent'Rich and colourful … keeps you engrossed … a confident, audacious novel' SFX'Like a magpie, Stephen Hunt has plucked colourful events from history and politics and used them for inspiration … Hunts tells his full-blooded tale with lip-smacking relish, revealing a vivid, often gruesome imagination … The Court of the Air brims with originality and, from the first, its chase-filled plot never lets up' Starburst'To say this book is action packed is almost and understatement … a wonderful escapist yarn… Definitely a book to take with you on a long flight' Interzone