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Also by Robert Jackson Bennett:

A Drop of Corruption, January 2026
Trade Paperback
A Drop of Corruption, April 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
City of Blades, February 2016
Paperback / e-Book
The Troupe, February 2012
Paperback / e-Book
The Company Man, April 2011
Paperback / e-Book
Mr. Shivers, January 2010
Hardcover

THE TROUPE
By: Robert Jackson Bennett

Orbit
February 2012
On Sale: February 12, 2012
505 pages
ISBN: 0316187526
EAN: 9780316187527
Kindle: B004RD854O
Paperback / e-Book
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Young Adult Science Fiction

Vaudeville: mad, mercenary, dreamy, and absurd, a world of clashing cultures and ferocious showmanship and wickedly delightful deceptions.

But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole has joined vaudeville for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be his father, the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father's troupe, he begins to understand that their performances are strange even for vaudeville: for wherever they happen to tour, the very nature of the world seems to change.

Because there is a secret within Silenus's show so ancient and dangerous that it has won him many powerful enemies. And it's not until after he joins them that George realizes the troupe is not simply touring: they are running for their lives.

And soon...he is as well.