- Published: 27 October 2014
- ISBN: 9780552573009
- Imprint: Corgi Childrens
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 480
- RRP: $32.99
Wisdom of Dead Men
- Published: 27 October 2014
- ISBN: 9780552573009
- Imprint: Corgi Childrens
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 480
- RRP: $32.99
McGann mixes science, politics and history and raises many moral issues. He manages it all with a wonderful lightness of touch and superb control of an ever-evolving story that grows in complexity with every chapter but somehow never becomes confusing to the reader
Inis Magazine
A rollicking, steampunk adventure . . . I couldn't put it down
Irish Times
The Wisdom of Dead Men is an explosive fantasy read, set in the Victorian era. It opens with a gripping spontaneous combustion and the action never lets up
Irish Independent
Very tense, with red herrings aplenty and a goodly dollop of humour
The Bookbag
He reveals lush detail as he builds a fascinating world for his characters to inhabit but never gets bogged down in self-indulgent minutiae and his characters, even the bit-part players, are always fully rounded and believable
Sci-fi London