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Coping with loss on an unimaginable scale.All things pass in time. Empires crumble. Stars go super-nova. Dreams fade. Species go extinct.Worlds end. And now it's Earth's turn.With humanity facing an inevitable and unavoidable fate, how will it spend its last hours? Will we rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light, or will we find a final peace in the acceptance of our ultimate mortality? Does it matter, in a world without a tomorrow, where...
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Can you ever truly atone for the sins of the past?When British detective Alton Bartleby mustered out of the Royal Navy a decade ago, he saw his family with new eyes. Saw how his father's love of drink and his sisters' and mother's lavish lifestyle was quickly draining the modest fortune he'd managed to acquire. Perhaps rashly, perhaps justifiably, he had his father committed and the women exiled to America, arranging a wealthy husband for his elder...
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Steampunk Detective FictionInventor James Wainwright's greatest desire is to be left alone in his workshop, where he can focus on invention and engineering unsullied by the messiness of London society and the meaningless concerns of its upper classes. His financial patron, gentleman Alton Bartleby, has higher aspirations. To continue to receive funding James will have to venture out into the outside world as a detective, turning his inventive genius...
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James Wainwright never thought of himself a father, he's grown to love and cherish Xin Yan, the girl he rescued all those years ago. When she's taken from him, first by the courts, then by Triad kidnappers, the engineer will stop at nothing to get her back. He'll go from Chinatown to Hong Kong to Beijing, fearlessly contending with gangsters, rogue inventors, monks, and heads of state, letting none deter him.It'll take more than stubbornness and the...
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The family you choose can get you killed.
Spring has come to Chicago, but it hasn't brought recent-amnesiac Erica Crawford much relief. While her memories of the last decade have yet to return, her attention is focused on the massive public housing Block she calls home - and the vicious gangs targeting her climate refugee neighbors.
It'll take every last one of Erica's phenomenal skills to help her community protect themselves from the intolerance...
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A wedding plagued by the unholy fusion of dead flesh and hot brassAt long last, gentleman detective Alton Bartleby is set to wed his fiance of almost a decade, Aldora Fiske. The wedding is off to a rough start with the bride still recovering from a kidnapping in the middle-east and the groom showing up drunk, and matters only get worse when powerful half-man half-automatons mount an assault on the ceremony.While Aldora protects the guests barricaded...
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With his partner married, brilliant engineer James Wainwright is at a loose end. When Scotland Yard asks for help with a hostage situation at a mental hospital, he's only too eager to lend a hand - particularly after he meets the winsome Doctor Loni Teague.
His partner socialite Bartleby, however, has a personal connection - Bedford is the institution into which he had his embarrassment of a father committed a decade ago, and now the old man has...
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London society holds many expectations for gentlewoman Aldora Fiske. Despite her great proficiency at the great game of the social season, Lady Fiske chafes at the restrictions her social position holds for her. It's only far from the prying eyes and wagging tongues of London parlors that she can truly live the life that she craves.She'll find adventure with pirates high above the London streets, in the far off jungles of Mexico, and in the heart...
9) Cold Reboot
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The future is a cold place when you don't have a past.Finding herself alone on the streets of 2025's Chicago, Erica Crawford struggles to come to grips with the massive social and technological changes that took place over a decade she can't remember. With no savings, no recent work history, no contacts, and very little government assistance, it's all she can do to try and adapt while avoiding death at the hands of mysterious strangers who seem determined...
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Collecting the first four novels in the Galvanic Century steampunk series at 50% off the price of individual purchases.Steampunk Mysteries and Thrilling AdventureThe Galvanic Century series showcases a world where Queen Victoria rules an empire of steam from an iron throne well into the 20th century. It's a world where airships ply the skies and inventors cobble together monsters and wonders in their workshops. A world where were all the scientific...