Venus Preserved

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FINAL VOLUME IN THE HUGELY POPULAR SECRET BOOKS OF VENUS SERIES Tanith Lee concludes the compelling Secret Books of Venus series with this "haunting and suspenseful tale" (Beaufort Gazette) set in her brilliantly imagined alternate Venice. The thrilling conclusion to Tanith Lee's compelling Secret Books of Venus quartet, VENUS PRESERVED is set centuries into the future in the undersea city of Venus (Lee's brilliantly reimagined alternate Venice), the site of a macabre experiment to bring two lost souls back to life. Salvaged from beneath the sea and rebuilt under a dome, Venus itself has been resurrected with a vast network of advanced computers that regulate weather, noise, and the most precious undersea commodity of all - air. When the experiment goes awry, claiming several lives, the questions abound: Was it merely an accident? Computer failure? Or has an airborne virus been unleashed? Or is there an even more sinister danger afoot, a force from beyond that threatens the survival of Venus itself? To answer these questions, a traveller from the surface is forced to confront mysteries in his own past and to reveal the connection that ties his past to that of the un-avenged spirits wreaking havoc on the doomed city.