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In a Victorian era ruled by a council of ruthless steam barons, mechanical power is the real monarch and sorcery the demon enemy of the Empire. Nevertheless, the most coveted weapon is magic that can run machines - something Evelina has secretly mastered. But rather than making her fortune, her special talents could mean death or an eternity as a guest of Her Majesty's secret laboratories. What's a polite young lady to do but mind her manners and pray she's never found out?

What Ho, Automaton! chronicles the adventures of Reggie Worcester, gentleman consulting detective, and his automaton valet, Reeves.

Reggie, an avid reader of detective fiction, knows two things about solving crime: One, the guilty party is always the person you least suspect. And, two, the Murders in the Rue Morgue would have been solved a lot sooner had the detective the foresight to ask the witnesses if they’d seen any orangutans recently.

It is the summer of 1883 and Professor Langdon St. Ives, brilliant buteccentric scientist and explorer, is at home in Aylesford with his family. A few miles to the north a steam launch has been taken by pirates above Egypt Bay, the crew murdered and pitched overboard.In Aylesford itself a grave is opened and possibly robbed of the skull. The suspected grave robber, the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, is an old nemesis of Langdon St. Ives. When Dr. Narbondo returns to kidnap his four-year-old son Eddie and then vanishes

In 1870s London, a city of contradictions and improbabilities, a dead man pilots an airship and living men are willing to risk all to steal a carp. Here, a night of bangers and ale at the local pub can result in an eternity at the Blood Pudding with the rest of the reanimated dead.... A comic science-fiction novel first published in 1986. It took the Philip K Dick award that year, and was the second book in Blaylock's loose steampunk trilogy, following The Digging Leviathan (1984) and preceding Lord Kelvin's Machine (1992).

Cosa impedisce agli esseri umani di provare più empatia per gli animali? Ekaterina Sedia prova a rispondere con una storia di amicizia tra un ragazzo e il suo maialino.

Wie ein Lauffeuer breitet sich der Bürgerkrieg im Inselreich Shima aus. Da es der Lotusgilde nicht gelungen ist, die Kazumitsu-Dynastie zu retten, entfesselt sie ihre gefährlichste Schöpfung: einen mechanischen Giganten, den sie den Erdzerstörer nennen. Mit seiner Hilfe wollen sie das zerrüttete Reich unter das Joch der Angst zwingen. Die Gilde rüstet sich, gemeinsam mit dem Tiger-Clan und ihrer Marionette Daimyō Hirō, für die Schlacht um die absolute Herrschaft über die Inseln.

Das aufsehenerregende Debüt vom Autor der NEVERNIGHT-Bestsellersaga! Eine ungewöhnliche neue Heldin in einer dystopischer Steampunk-Welt, die dem feudalen Japan gleicht. Nachdem die Sturmtänzerin Yukiko dem Leben des wahnsinnigen Shōgun Yoritomo ein Ende gesetzt hat, droht dem Inselreich Shima ein Bürgerkrieg. Die Lotusgilde schmiedet ein Komplott, um die unterbrochene Dynastie zu retten und gleichzeitig die aufflackernde Rebellion zu unterdrücken: Sie unterstützt einen Nachfolger des Shōgun, der sich nichts sehnlicher wünscht als Yukikos Tod.

Der erste Teil einer epischen neuen Fantasy-Serie, die eine unvergessliche neue Heldin und eine verblüffend originelle dystopische Steampunk-Welt mit einem Hauch von feudalem Japan vorstellt. Auf der Jagd des Kaisers nach den legendären Donnertigern findet sich Yukiko, die Tochter eines Jägers, Auge in Auge mit einem dieser beinahe ausgestorbenen Bestien wieder. Die Gedanken des wütenden und verkrüppelten Tiers drehen sich nur um ihren Tod - Yukiko weiß das, sie kann seine Gedanken hören. Und um zu leben müssen sich die beiden wohl oder übel zusammentun.

Dans les Bas-fonds de Néo-Londonia, Léopoldine se bat depuis des années pour survivre. Lorsque le groupe auquel elle appartient maltraite un enfant, elle décide de se rebeller, quitte à affronter la colère de la Guilde des Voleurs. Dorénavant, elle ne laissera plus rien ni personne lui barrer la route. Augustin, lui, a toujours mené une existence fastueuse et insouciante, résigné à subir en parallèle l'écrasante emprise de sa mère, la Reine Victoria au règne sans fin.

A strange message summons Langdon St. Ives and his companions to the Half Toad Inn in Smithfield, London, and along with the eccentric but fabulously wealthy Gilbert Frobisher, they set out for an uncharted island in the Caribbean, carrying a map that promises a treasure that beggars description. What they find – a terrible, pagan god from the depths of the ocean – leads them back to London, carrying within the hold of Frobisher’s steam yacht a fearsome, tentacled menace that threatens to devastate London.

Come molte sue coetanee, Irene è una ragazza sveglia e piena di vita, eppure c'è qualcosa che la rende davvero speciale: lavora come spia per conto di una società segreta - la Biblioteca Invisibile - e viaggia attraverso dimensioni alternative per recuperare libri oscuri e misteriosi, sconosciuti ai più. Ad affiancarla c'è il suo enigmatico assistente, il bel Kai, con il quale viene spedita in una Londra vittoriana per rintracciare un volume molto pericoloso.

Porto Alegre, 1911. Dirigíveis gigantescos dominam o céu. Abaixo, o vapor cinzento dos bondes, das fábricas e dos estaleiros soma-se à fumaça dos charutos, dos cachimbos e das cigarrilhas. Vozes robóticas, barulho de hélices e maquinários misturam-se ao alarido do povo. De um zepelim, desembarca Isaías Caminha, um jornalista carioca enviado à cidade para escrever uma matéria sobre o assassino em série Antoine Louison, que há poucos dias assombrou o local com um verdadeiro show de horrores: a exposição dos órgãos de suas vítimas.

Die Vollstreckerin Amaranthe Lokdon ist wirklich gut in ihrem Job. Ihr Revier liegt in der Hauptstadt des Reichs, in der dampfbetriebene Straßenbahnen und Maschinen das Straßenbild prägen. Hier ist das Verbrechen allgegenwärtig. Diebe rauben fleißige Geschäftsfrauen aus und Unbekannte setzen Gebäude am Seeufer in Brand. Amaranthes Aufklärungsrate ist exzellent und ihre Führung tadellos. Trotzdem wird sie immer wieder übergangen, wenn es um eine Beförderung geht.

Winn Jackson isn't interested in hunting nightmares across the Wild West - even if it's the family business. Unlike his rakehell brothers, Winn believes in rules. As sheriff of Bodie, California, he only shoots actual law breakers. That's what he's doing when he rescues the Contessa Drossenburg, Alexandra Porter, a lady with all the elegance of the Old World - grace, beauty, and class. And then he sees her fangs.

They're the chosen - Winchester, Remington, and Colt - brothers trained to hunt down supernatural beings using the latest steam-powered gadgetry. It's a hard legacy to shoulder, and it's about to get a lot more dangerous…A devil of a job. Colt Jackson has gotten his name on many a wanted poster with success in the family business: hunting supernaturals across the frontier. Lately, though, there's a sulfur stink in the wind and the Darkin population is exploding. A rift in the worlds is appearing.

Transported through time to the dank streets of Victorian London, Alex Locke seeks to unravel the mysteries of the Obsidian Heart, the enigmatic object to which his fate is inextricably bound. When a string of grisly murders takes place across the capital, Alex follows a trail that will lead him through the opium dens of Limehouse, into the dark and twisted world of the Society of Blood and ever closer to unlocking the secret of the Heart.

Mary Shelley, a young banker’s son, and William, an excessively tall man with a “lividly hued visage, watery eyes, and blackened lips within a straggling beard,” pit their wits and derring-do against Lord Byron, master of steampunk technology, and his thuggish minions.

The collapse of the Victoria Embankment uncovers a passage to an unknown realm beneath the city. Langdon St. Ives sets out to explore it, not knowing that a brilliant and wealthy psychopathic murderer is working to keep the underworld s secrets hidden for reasons of his own.

Myron enters the Jonesbridge Industrial Complex as a worker, a prisoner, commanded to harvest the scant resources that enable the powers that be to continue waging an unwinnable war. When Sindra - a fellow prisoner and a spirited fighter - joins him at the salvage line, he finds a new reason to live and to escape. Even though any attempt to leave will lead to execution, Myron and Sindra plan a daring escape.

In the Year Without a Summer, a group of mad geniuses descended on Geneva. In an attempt to save the body and mind of George Byron, they performed a dreadful and forbidden experiment that forever changed history - and tore their own lives apart.Years later, Byron’s daughter Ada has inherited her father’s genius.