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Isabeau Steelhaugh is unlike any other young lady of 1871 London—by day she is an aristocrat, by night a lab experiment. After escaping her insane mother at CinderElla's ball, Isabeau’s wolflike traits remain a secret until her sister is kidnapped. Now, Isabeau will stop at nothing to get her back. Even trust a secretive enemy. Commissioner Basil Traverson meticulously follows the Dangerous Mutant Directive: remove any mutant dangerous to society. When Isabeau is arrested, Basil offers a deal: He will help find Aurelia…if she will act as bait to lure her mother out of hiding.

Sherlyn Coyle uses her brilliant detective skills hunting her murderous ex-fiance, known around the world as "The Ripper". Fang is a vampire assassin who broke out of her cage, and she's looking for blood. Fate brings them together to catch an evil madman who stole a dangerous book, the Curse of Shadows, a tome able to turn ordinary people into horrid creatures. Can Coyle and Fang trust each other enough to stop thousands from being destroyed?

On the surface of the sea, a burning island beckons a mysterious man called the Collector. Approaching the fire, the Collector bears witness to a vicious crime. When he realizes an innocent life will be lost—a baby, swathed in a bundle and left to die in a floating rowboat—the Collector makes a choice that will change his course forever.

Tasked with auditing the accounts of the queen's ore mines, auditor Howard Forsyth encounters the notorious and feared administrator of the mines. Soon his life is threatened on an adventurous train ride with steam cars and a steam-powered flying object. Then, when he is suspected of murdering the former accountant, his secret lover, whom no one is supposed to know about, rushes to his aid. Will they both survive? What role does the missing general ledger play? What is the sinister invention for?

In New Dis, Purgatory, there is no rest for the dead. Sprouting from the rim of Hell’s depths, not even this bohemian city of the afterlife is immune to the tragedies filtering down into it as war and endless suffering rage on Earth above. Hephaestion, general, confidant, and lover of Alexander the Great, has one goal: rescue Alexander from the torment of Hell. Yet far more souls bar his way than he’d ever anticipated, and Hephaestion, with the help of new friends and comrades, will have to use both brains and brawn against some of the underworld’s most unsavory opponents.

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.

When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer—and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life. Strange forces are stirring into life around the globe, and in the shadow game of spies nothing is certain. Fresh from liberating a strange alien object in Abyssinia—which might just be the mythical Ark of the Covenant—young Lucy Westerna, Holmes' protégé, must follow her own path to the truth while, on the other side of the world, a young Harry Houdini must face his greatest feat of escape—death itself.

Every world has its heroes, and every hero has tales to tell. Britannia, Queen Victoria's realm, is not the least of these, for its many heroes are varied and inextricably linked. If but one falters, then others might follow .In a Victorian world off-kilter with our reality, a malevolent entity and an incarnation of past evil seek to overpower Britannia and its weakened queen. The disenchanted Sir Belvedere Magnanimous Wainthrop, the Lion of Britannia, will brave time and space to battle this unholy alliance and return glory to the empire. Destiny will test their courage and resolve.

Alternate France, 1871. Art historian Veronica Devine dreams of putting her husband's betrayal behind her. So she's grateful for the somewhat distracting mission to transport a valuable collection from a French chateau across the Atlantic. But before her voyage even begins, she's attacked by thieves and saved by a mysterious stranger. Luc, the Marquis de Monceau's, fate is bound to an enchanted ancestral painting. So when the beautiful woman he saves insists she has permission to remove his portraits, he has no choice but to escort her aboard a luxury airship.

What does steampunk, time travel, invisibility, ruthless assassins, mind-control, insanity, witches, artificial intelligence, drones, a plague, and a blue dog have in common? Indigo—this seventh juggernaut in the Pseudoverse Series--is one-third science fiction, one-third horror, one-third fantasy, and 100 percent astounding historical fiction. During the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and some suggest even today, several million people have been unwillingly snatched up off the streets, drugged, and tortured at the hands of the American CIA, the Canadian government, and the Russian KGB.

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.

¿Y si los romanos hubieran descubierto la máquina de vapor en el siglo III d.C.? Marcus, un joven romano que vive en esta próspera República Romana, tiene que huir hasta Barcinomagna para intentar salvar a su padre. Acompañado de su fiel escudero autómata, Marcus se verá envuelto en una aventura trepidante que entremezcla sectas religiosas, poderes políticos y romances imposibles.

Hot on the trail of their missing father, Daisy and Freddie Linden step off the airship Iris in San Francisco de Asis. At the moment they discover their best clue to Papa’s whereabouts, an earthquake levels the city—and a disaster is the best time for a political coup. The forces of evil have two targets: May Lin, the river witch, and Carlos, the country’s handsome young ruler. She is sucked alive into a crevasse, having never told the prince she loves him. Carlos is abducted—with Freddie the only witness.

A new century has brought a new competitor to the Great Game of Empires: The Germans, in alliance with the Young Turks of the Ottoman Empire, hope to gain control over the oil fields of the Middle East. And while treachery and deceit have always been part of the espionage trade, teenagers Elizabeth Bankroft and Michael O’Connell, alumni of the intelligence school known as the Viceroy’s College, must also use their mystic arts training to help their military masters.

A world of inventions and intrigues, ingenious science and eldritch sorcery, mechanical marvels and magical mischief, daring exploration and dangerous adventure. A world powered by steam and teslic coils and etheric energies, where paranormalists ply their trade alongside constables and scholars and daffy dilettantes.

Nicht selten werden in Vernia Kriminalfälle ungeklärt mit dem Vermerk des Supranaturalismus zu den Akten gelegt, als sei eine unbekannte Naturgewalt am Werk gewesen. Diese Grenzfälle sind das tägliche Brot privater Ermittler kurioser und unglaublicher Phänomene. "Ein Detektivroman in der Tradition von Edgar Allan Poe und H. G. Wells, erzählt in sieben übernatürlichen Fällen."

Nicht selten werden in Vernia Kriminalfälle ungeklärt mit dem Vermerk des Supranaturalismus zu den Akten gelegt, als sei eine unbekannte Naturgewalt am Werk gewesen. Diese Grenzfälle sind das tägliche Brot privater Ermittler kurioser und unglaublicher Phänomene. "Ein Detektivroman in der Tradition von Edgar Allan Poe und H. G. Wells, erzählt in sieben übernatürlichen Fällen."

Nicht selten werden in Vernia Kriminalfälle ungeklärt mit dem Vermerk des Supranaturalismus zu den Akten gelegt, als sei eine unbekannte Naturgewalt am Werk gewesen. Diese Grenzfälle sind das tägliche Brot privater Ermittler kurioser und unglaublicher Phänomene. "Ein Detektivroman in der Tradition von Edgar Allan Poe und H. G. Wells, erzählt in sieben übernatürlichen Fällen."

Una última aventura espera a Marcus Novus y sus amigos. Después de la guerra entre la República romana y el Imperio Chino, que ha sacudido al mundo entero, la población de ambos lugares intenta recuperarse de las heridas. Mientras, Marcus y sus amigos, Antoninus, Irenei, Caius Verus y el sabio Megistos, realizarán un último viaje en esta antigua Roma llena de trenes a vapor y dirigibles que surcan los cielos.

Captain Nemo hat eine neue Chance erhalten und besucht mit Tempelton Pierce den geheimnisvollen Wüstenplaneten. Als einer der Männer verletzt wird, geraten die beiden Anführer aneinander. Im Streit verschwindet Nemo in der Wüste, und Pierce wird von einem Tier angegriffen. Unter Einfluss eines heimtückischen Gifts wird er mit seinem eigenen Unterbewusstsein konfrontiert. An der Schwelle zum Tod zeigt sich eine alte Schuld, die er in seinem Innersten trägt.