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|title=Song of the Slums

|author=Richard Harland

|publisher=Allen and Unwin

|date=October 2014

|website=http://www.richardharland.net/

|video=kO46j2Hh73Y

|summary=Award-winning steampunk author Richard Harland has played with an intriguing concept and produced an atmospheric and entertaining fantasy read. The book is a slow burner and only picks up its rhythm in the second and third sections when the key characters hit Slumtown and the action builds up to an explosive crescendo.

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''Song of the Slums'' fuses politics, music, social injustice and gaslight fantasy. Set in 1846 during the age of steam it tells the story of Astor Vance and her mysterious servant/companion Verrol who are caught up in the machinations of the plutocratic Swale family and must fight for survival in a world of intrigue.