The Lost Future of Pepperharrow

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Bloomsbury presents The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley, read by Thomas Judd.

Escape into the enchanting world of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. This extraordinary sequel transports readers to Japan, where time, destiny and love collide to electrifying effect

'A Japan that never was, a future lost, ghosts that are not dead ... not even a partial list of ingredients can do justice to this wonderful cake of a book ... A time-defying thriller' ROBIN HOBB

For Thaniel Steepleton, an unexpected posting to Tokyo can’t come at a better moment. The London fog has made him ill and doctor’s orders are to get out.

His brief is strange: the staff at the British Legation have been seeing ghosts, and his first task is to find out what’s going on. But staying with his closest friend Keita Mori in Yokohama, Thaniel starts to experience ghostly happenings himself. For reasons he won’t say, Mori is frightened. Then he vanishes.

Meanwhile, something strange is happening in a frozen labour camp in northern Japan. Takiko Pepperharrow, an old friend of Mori’s, must investigate.

As ghosts appear across Tokyo and the weather turns bizarrely electrical, Thaniel grows convinced that it all has something to do with Mori’s disappearance – and that Mori might be in far more trouble than any of them first thought.

Critics Review

Inventive, immersive and entirely unputdownable.
Daily Mail
Wildly inventive, full of eeriness and magic, and fiendishly intricate plots
The Times
Pulley combines H Rider Haggard-style historical adventure with bizarre fantasy, but also excels at portraying the emotionally charged interplay of her charming cast
Guardian
A romantic, inventive, wonderfully immersive read
Sunday Express
As intricate as an origami sculpture
Spectator
With Pepperharrow, I think Natasha has outdone herself. The characters have reached iconic status already, and it’s so rare to find an author who marries such a sparkling imagination with the storytelling flair of a maestro thriller writer – this was her most unputdownable novel yet and I loved it
Claire Evans, author of The Fourteenth Letter
A Japan that never was, a future lost, ghosts that are not dead, random numbers, clairvoyant Samurai ... not even a partial list of ingredients can do justice to this wonderful cake of a book. Mori may know what to expect, but the reader will not! A lovely blending of steam punk ether science, Japanese historical figures, and a time-defying thriller.
Robin Hobb
Pulley’s intricate plot, vibrant setting, entrancing magic, and dynamic ensemble of characters make for an un-put-downable historical fantasy. New readers will be pulled in and series fans will be delighted by this tour de force
Publisher's Weekly
Plotted as intricately as clockwork, this weaves together historical political warfare with electromagnetic science research and magical clairvoyance. The characters are what really makes this sing, though ... I love them all, and would happily read a whole series of their adventures
Lauren James
Praise for The Watchmaker of Filigree Street: ‘Ten out of ten
Spectator
Charming … Elegant plotting, lashings of invention and jump-off-the-page characterisation
Guardian
Intricate, charming and altogether surprising
New York Times
Excellent
Independent on Sunday
Historical fiction, magic realism and elements of gothic fiction combine in this ambitious debut
Irish Times
Delightful, relentlessly charming and deeply moving … Remarkable
Los Angeles Times

User Reviews

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rhiancox 11/10/2025
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a great sequel! i saw many cool "winks" from the author. if you "for some reason" was annoyed by the first book, you'll be even more annoyed with this one haha
davogotland 17/05/2025

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