The Air Loom Gang by Mike Jay, Transworld, £12.99, ISBN 0593049977 Reviewed by Roy Herbert
DRAMA and mystery from the start. In December 1796, a terrified man approached the House of Commons under the influence of a secret machine called the Air Loom, operated by an evil gang. It was powered by windmills and stretched out invisible rays of magnetic fluid to control the minds of its victims. The gang’s purpose was to keep the war between Britain and revolutionary France going. The Commons were due to debate possible peace negotiations and speakers such as William Pitt, the prime minister,…
