The Last House In The Galaxy - Secombe Andy

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Résumé :
A terrible war is raging in distant space, as the pitiless Gulgus Filch sends a vast crusade rolling across the galaxy. The only resistance to this universal domination is a small breakaway faction of the Galactic Alliance, one of whose members has stolen the Helian Cartogram, an intricate map of interconnecting wormholes which would allow Gulgus to sweep through the Universe with impunity. Meanwhile, in rural Devon, Sir Percy and Lady Trenchard are struggling to prevent their beloved but crumbling Hambledon Hall from falling into the hands of a local property developer. But the Tact that the mansion sits conveniently near the terminus of a wormhole (above the large rhododendron bush at one end of the ha-ha) makes it an ideal gathering place for the rebels to plan their counter-attack. Extraordinary times spawn unlikely heroes, and Whipple the butter proves just such a man. Soon Hambledon Hall and its grounds are filling up with a bizarre assortment of aliens whom he does his best to hide from his elderly employers. The butler's problems are compounded by the fact that, because of a time-warp, the derelict west wing has been plunged back into the Victorian age, where a masked ball is full swing, attended by the Prince of Wales himself. Meanwhile, Major Matt Fripp is forced to traverse the galaxy once more, to save not only the Cartogram but also the lovely Mariella Schprungg from the clutches of Gulgus and his chief torturer, the hideous Glitch McGilvray.

Biographie:
Andy Secombe acquired his love of fantasy at en early age, but he had to overcome a natural talent for prevarication, and an acting bug that lasted thirty years (including appearances in two of the "Star Wars" films), before he was able to settle down to writing his first novel, Limbo. He now lives with his wife and two sons on a farm in rural Devon, and this is third novel.