The Brakespeare Voyage is a novel written by Simon Bucher-Jones and Jonathan Dennis. Released in 2013, it is the second book in Obverse Books' Faction Paradox series and tells of the trial of Richard Scaratt and the voyage of the titular ship.
Characters[]
- Robert Scaratt
- Nebiaoth - an inductee into Faction Paradox
- Entarodora
- Lord Dervishage - a Lord Celestial
- Philetes - a nechronomancer
- Ella Stanton - a prostitute rescued from death by House Lineacrux
- Jendrickses - a House Arpexia Academian
- Minkosa - a House Xianthellipse Academian
- Platus St. Germain - a human mind reader
- Thomas Hendron - the man who murders Ella
- Compassion
- Nodovekian - a High Priest
- Kercovian - the Father who inducts Nebiaoth into the Faction
- Howarth - a priest
Publisher's summary[]
"The Tribunal Decision in the matter of the Great Houses vs. Scarratt is as follows.
That the orders lawfully issued to the said Scarratt were deliberately ignored, as recorded in Scarratt's own thoughts, as recorded through the media first of the recording circuits of his timeship and then of the biodata retrieved from exhibit A."
In-universe continuity[]
- Scaratt and Entarodora were introduced in The Book of the War.
- Minkosa references the Head of the Presidency.
- House Lolita (the House formed by the timeship of the same name) and the House of the Rising Sun are mentioned.
- The City of the Saved is mentioned.
- Compassion obliquely references the setting of The Sun Makers. This setting is later featured in Blair Bidmead's novel Weapons Grade Snake Oil.
- The Eighth Retro War - referenced in Bucher-Jones and Mark Clapham's novel The Taking of Planet 5 - is mentioned.
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moby-Dick, or the Whale | Herman Melville | 1851 | A novel that partially inspired this novel |
Sources[]
- Goodreads