The Man With the Improbable Leg [Kindle Edition]

MCM (Author), Andy Fanton (Author)

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Product Description

Victorian London drips with danger.
There's a killer on the prowl, and only one man can save the city.
Unfortunately, he's bickering with a talking duck right now.
Maybe later?

THE MAN WITH THE IMPROBABLE LEG
The SteamDuck Chronicles book 4, featuring the legendary philanderer Lord Likely!
Scraped from the brains of MCM and Andy Fanton!

Murder most fowl.

About the ebook:
While vacationing in London, Archimedes and Finley the foul-mouthed telekinetic fish find themselves caught up in a strange murder plot that reaches into the upper echelons of social power... including the formidable Lord Likely, who fastens his belt long enough to avenge the death of a favourite lover. But as a greater plot unfolds, Archimedes and Likely find themselves on a collision course... one that may unravel the very social fabric of Great Britain, and let ninjas and bombastic Irish midgets run free!


WARNING: This book is most certainly not for children, or pansies pretending to be grown men.


About the authors:

MCM is the creator of the award-winning animated series "RollBots" and the author of countless books, including "The Vector", "Typhoon" and "Arkady and Kain". He also wrote "Fission Chips" which is even more offensive than this sucker. Oh yeah, baby.

Andy Fanton is the scribe of the interminable Lord Likely, Aristocratic Adventurer and Gentle-Man of Action. His writing is dangerously erotic, often setting the Twitterverse afire, though to date, no charges have been laid. Heh. Laid.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 333 KB
• Print Length: 39 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: 1889 Labs Ltd. (January 24, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0035WU1CW
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,697 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

MCM is the author of books like 'The Vector', 'The App', 'Fission Chips' and the livewritten novels 'Typhoon', 'The New Real', and 'Arkady and Kain'. He also wrote and illustrated the anti-DRM fable 'The Pig and the Box', which has been translated into 18 languages and read over one million times by people across the globe. In his spare time, he creates TV series like the award-winning 'RollBots', which can be seen all over the world RIGHT NOW. He lives in Ottawa and Victoria, Canada, because timezones are awesome!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a romping, arousing tale, June 5, 2010

By 

A.M. Harte (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Man With the Improbable Leg (Kindle Edition)

This book was co-written by two authors of considerable repute in the webfiction world - MCM (of The Vector, Fission Chips, etc) and Andy Fanton (of Lord Likely) - so if you like either or both of them, you're bound to like this book.

I am a big fan of MCM's work, but I'll admit I was a little hesitant about this particular book. I am not a reader of steampunk or comedy; I generally prefer things to be a little less light-hearted. I'd actually avoided reading the Archimedes series because it looked too silly: the main character is a snobby duck who has a talking, telekinetic fish as a pet. For similar reasons, I hadn't read much of Lord Likely's Adventures, frightened away by the overtly sexual innuendos. In this book, those two characters meet.

The plot is a simple murder-mystery, a humorous adventure, and a very quick read. Despite some parts of the plot being a little predictable, I was actually surprised by the most important part, which was the killer's identity.

I also liked the more bizarre elements, which really gave this story its voice: the ninjas (although I could quibble with how some of the accents are written), the Irish shouting midgets, the improbable leg, and so on. Despite my better judgement, I even found Lord Likely likeable.

As for the writing, the humour is just on the right side of offensive, and insults basically every stereotype you could think of. The sexual innuendos are so blatant that they come off as subtle. Somehow, it works. I find it impressive that the two authors have pulled off a book which flows so smoothly, because co-writing is no easy task.

What makes this story a strong all-rounder, though, is that the same attention to detail given to the writing was given to the design. Something that added a lot to the story were the cheeky illustrations -- my favourite was a sketch of Lord Likely wearing nothing but his top hat, and not on his head (well, not the head you'd think of).

In sum: when you need a laugh, or a quick read, or something a little different, you should read this.