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"In 1893, young journalist Arthur Shaw is at work ... when the Great Storm hits London, wreaking unprecedented damage. In its aftermath, Arthur's newspaper closes, owing him money, and all his debts come due at once ... At one of [his fiancée Josephine's occult society] meetings, Arthur is given a job lead for what seems to be accounting work, but at a salary many times what any clerk could expect. The work is long and peculiar, as the workers spend...
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In the gritty, divided city of New Aurora, Ula Ikem leads a rebel faction seeking justice against the tyrannical upper-class Steamers who rule with an iron fist. When Ula uncovers a vast conspiracy around hoarded resources, she infiltrates facilities, gathers forbidden intel, and builds an unlikely crew of informants to help expose the government's lies.Facing off against ruthless leaders like Tribune Jamuike, who wield experimental weapons and limitless...
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A world of endless sky, with no land, no gravity: this is Virga. Beginning in the seminal science fiction novel Sun of Suns, the saga of this striking world has introduced us to the people of stubborn pride and resilience who have made Virga their home; but also, always lurking beyond the walls of the world, to the mysterious threat known only as Artificial Nature. In The Sunless Countries, history tutor Leal Hieronyma Maspeth became the first human...
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Return once again to the fantastical world of A Villainous Affair, where ragtag mobs join forces to strike a blow against aristocratic tyranny.The gripping adventure reaches dizzying heights as Ruby and Nathan Darling-a dynamic duo of fashionable Victorian supervillains-continue their journey to gain unrivaled power in the underworld and beyond, all for a shot at transforming England into the social justice utopia of their dreams.After becoming queen...
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The final volume of Heather Massey's A Villainous Affair races toward a spectacular finish as revolution-hungry supervillains Ruby and Nathan Darling reach the end of their journey to gain unrivaled power in the underworld and beyond, all for a shot at transforming England into the social justice utopia of their dreams.After rising to the top of the underworld, a series of tragic losses sends Ruby tumbling down to rock bottom. Her enemies foil her...
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This historical thriller is an equal-parts cocktail of action, adventure, science-fiction and comedy. The book follows a globe-trotting President Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln in a race to solve a mystery stretching back to the Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. Based on true events, readers will find themselves swept into a vast conspiracy spanning four continents and three oceans during the turn of the century. Fascinating technologies will...
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Welcome to the world of A Villainous Affair, a sensational steampunk romance saga about villains and heroes, rich and poor, science and justice, and the breathtaking power of love.The tale begins with an unlikely pair of thieves who cross paths on one fateful day in a poverty-stricken metropolis….Once upon a time in Victorian London, lowborn thief Ruby Darling rescues Nathan Harlow, a gentleman fugitive inventor on the run from his murderous uncle....
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Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air between the artificial continents of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn who she can trust, and who she can manipulate in order...
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He has always felt different. Standing on the precipice of manhood, he must decide if he will take up the burden of his magic or walk away from it all.Jamie Rizzo has always known he was different With an uncanny ability to talk to animals, and his strange ability to create new creatures out of the dust of the earth, others just don't understand him. But instead of taking over the kingdom, he just wants to lead a life of freedom and adventure. Standing...
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A past as heavy as a ballast bag requires bold decisions for the future. Especially when the present becomes something to protect.Avery Hamilton sports a great deal of knowledge about airships, a charming smile, and a carefree demeanour. Plus a rather extensive collection of heavily guarded secrets that travelled with him from Sydney to London. Revealing them could mean losing not only his position as an assistant aeronaut, but also the woman who...
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With her bell skirt and layers of petticoats knotted, Felicity shamelessly straddles her motorized steam bicycle and rumbles down the streets of London. When a dark, handsome and half-naked bystander captures her attention, she crashes into a brick wall. After tinkering with a time machine, Heru, an ancient Egyptian, is swept through the ages to nineteenth century London. He rushes to the aid of a woman in ridiculous, conservative clothing, riding...
12) The Brass Giant
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Sometimes, even the most unlikely person can change the world
Seventeen-year-old Petra Wade, self-taught clockwork engineer, wants nothing more than to become a certified member of the Guild, an impossible dream for a lowly shop girl. Still, she refuses to give up and tinkers with any machine she can get her hands on, in between working and babysitting her foster siblings.
When Emmerich Goss-handsome, privileged, and newly recruited into the Guild-needs...
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Japheth Mozen is your average Rattlesnake lizard anthropomorphic creature living in a desert landscape of an alternate 1920s reality. When he stumbles upon an opal on his ranch, he attempts to flee his home in search of a better life, a life where he, his mother, and younger sister can live free of his abusive father.He arrives in a town called Hellhole, a dirty city of desperados living inside of a giant, ancient volcano called the Moloch Caldera....
14) The Doctor
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1882—Gillian Hamilton, magic caster and Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam, has been stripped of his title, badge, and freedom. Gillian's true name and powers have been exposed, so now he's kept under lock and key. To make a tragedy worse, Gunner the Deadly has returned to his life out in the Wild West and has not been heard from since.
Rumors of a doctor, known only as Sawbones, with access to illegal
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As a private eye closes in on her city's secrets, there are those who will go to any lengths to stop her.After the horrific events of our last chapter, Jacqui's in a medical predicament. If she wants to stay free from the Spadros crime syndicate, she has to find the cure for her condition - and time's running out.But just when Jacqui thinks she's found what she's after, she finds herself instead in a much bigger - and deadlier - situation:She's getting...
16) Caelium
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In a race against time, Edmund Asher, Earl of Wyverstone and spymaster extraordinaire, has only one choice - to win.With one month left before the Engineers World Gathering and a powerful enemy on the loose, the odds are not favouring the Earl of Wyverstone. However, an unexpected request for help from the Engineering School in Paris could be the breakthrough he has hoped for - or The Cerulean Lady's misfortune.The return of an old acquaintance bent...
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In the face of impossible odds, can one girl stem the tides of war?
It has been six months since clockwork engineer Petra Wade destroyed an automaton designed for battle, narrowly escaping with her life. But her troubles are far from over. Her partner on the project, Emmerich Goss, has been sent away to France, and his father, Julian, is still determined that a war machine will be built. Forced to create a new device, Petra subtly sabotages the...
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Pen is just a typical kid living in downtown Portland, wishing there was some way to gain approval from their parents. Instead, they simply feel invisible. Then, the world pops. In a matter of weeks, Pen finds themself in the center of a storm that will transform everything humans have ever known. Pen will discover that the unique hobby they picked up to pass the time could save their community and everything they love. Will Pen find the leader waiting...
19) Starry Conquest
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Forbidden love...so strong...it spans the universe.Ana, a milkmaid disguised as a rich widow, boards a rocket to be blasted out of a huge cannon. Thrown off the Spanish estate she worked at, she's headed to the newly discovered planet, X to start a new life.Sparks fly when Ana finds Ramon, the only man she ever loved and heir of the estate she worked on is flying to Planet X as well.As the Spanish governor of Plant X searches for gold, the treasure...
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An adventure in a clockwork world, a world of magic, steam and clockwork. A world that looks like something out of Victorian London with magic . . .
In this world are Creators who make fantastical dangerous monsters resembling creatures from myths long gone. Against them stands only one person, if he can be called a person.
This is his story.
How he came to be, how he hunts and his journey through life, his new life.
A strange person in a strange...
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