G. D. Falksen
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It is 1899, and Doctor Varanus is in Prague with her mentor Iosef, both still recovering from the scars of the Shashavani civil war. Iosef has found a reprieve from grief in the study of the so-called "Black Goat" cults, aided by a charming Prussian nobleman and a mysterious bookseller. Under other circumstances, Varanus might regard Iosef's fascination with occult philosophies as troublingly superstitious, but she has greater concerns. Her wayward...
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The year is 1888 and a madman is terrorizing the East End of London. But Doctor Varanus Shashavani has far more pressing concerns to worry about than a lunatic in Whitechapel. Her charitable hospital is under siege by gang lords, her English cousins are threatening to steal her inheritance, and her best friend has become obsessed with Gothic novels. To make matters worse, her son Friedrich is associating with an American who talks endlessly of wellness...
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For a thousand years, the immortal Shashavani have hidden from the world in the halls of their mountain fortress, amassing great stores of knowledge in a haven of academic tranquility. And while Doctor Varanus has never found tranquility much to her taste, even she cannot deny that the peace and quiet make for a pleasant diversion following the chaos of her recent adventures in London. Having left the horrors of bloodshed and wellness behind her,...
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How far would you go to avenge the one you love? Would you go beyond death?
Born into the stifling confines of French upper society, Babette Varanus never thought that she would have to answer that question. Surrounded by wealth yet ostracized by her peers, Babette had little interest in love until she met Korbinian, a scandalous German baron with the audacity to regard her as his equal. But when the intrigues of her grandfather's enemies conspire...
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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"The year is 1908. Seventeen-year-old Rosalind Wallace's blissful stay in England with her best friend, Cecily de Vere, ends abruptly when her father books Rosalind on the maiden voyage of his fabulous Transatlantic Express, the world's first railroad to travel under the sea. Rosalind is furious. But lucky for her, Cecily and her handsome older brother, Charles, volunteer to accompany her home. But when Charles disappears and Cecily and her housemaid,...
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The Steampunk Megapack collects 26 tales of high adventure through Victorian and Edwardian eras-past, present, and future! Included are:
MIDNIGHT AT VALDOSTA'S, by Jay Lake
THE CASE OF THE PECULIAR SAFECRACKER, by G. D. Falksen
THE ACQUISITION OF MANDRAKES AND ASSISTANTS, by Jillian Venters
THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS, by H. P. Lovecraft
THE BRASS GOGGLE FACTORY WORKER, by John Leavitt
THE PATH OF PROGRESS, by Brian Stableford
THE TAILED MEN,...
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