Magnificent Devices

Magnificent Devices
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Publisher : CreateSpace
Total Pages : 322
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1517797594
ISBN-13 : 9781517797591
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Magnificent Devices by : Shelley Adina

Book 3 of the Magnificent Devices series! An air voyage to remember turns into a disaster no one may survive. With her orphaned charges, Lady Claire Trevelyan joins the Earl of Dunsmuir's family on an airship voyage to the Americas. If she can stay out of Lord James Selwyn's way until her eighteenth birthday, she will be of age and cannot be forced into marriage. What she doesn't know is that Lord James is in the Americas, too, with Andrew Malvern closing in on him-and the wonderful device he stole. But when a storm cripples the airship and air pirates swoop in like carrion birds, Claire and the children must live by their wits to make their way across a harsh landscape. Will Andrew ever see her again and right the wrong he believes he has done? Will Lord James succeed in his monumental thievery? And how exactly does Rosie the chicken evade the soup pot? Tighten your goggles, pull on your gloves, and prepare yourself for stratagems and strangeness! "An immensely fun series with some excellent anti-sexist messages, a wonderful main character (one of my favourites in the genre) and a great sense of Victorian style and language that's both fun and beautiful to read." -Fangs for the Fantasy: The latest in urban fantasy from a social justice perspective, on Magnificent Devices

The Girl with the Iron Touch

The Girl with the Iron Touch
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Publisher : Harlequin
Total Pages : 382
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780373210855
ISBN-13 : 037321085X
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Girl with the Iron Touch by : Kady Cross

When Emily is kidnapped and ordered to transplant the Machinist's consciousness into one of his creations, Finley Jayne and her friends are forced to work with Jack Dandy, who compels Finley to evaluate her feelings for Griffin.

Clockwork Princess

Clockwork Princess
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 608
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781416975915
ISBN-13 : 1416975918
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Clockwork Princess by : Cassandra Clare

When seventeen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray is kidnapped by the villainous Mortmain in his final bid for power, the London Institute rallies to save her, but is beset by danger and betrayal at every turn.

The Emperor's Aeronaut

The Emperor's Aeronaut
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Publisher : Moonshell Books, Inc.
Total Pages : 278
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781950854394
ISBN-13 : 1950854396
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Emperor's Aeronaut by : Shelley Adina

Napoleon is determined to conquer the world with his steam-powered weapons. Nothing in England can stop him … except two young lady inventors. In 1819, France is surrounded by armies. With Russia in the north, the Karlsruhe Confederacy in the east, and a pirate kingdom in the south, Napoleon cannot break out, nor can the English Navy seem to break in. Europe teeters on the edge of a sword. Whichever side rules the air will win. Celeste Blanchard, daughter of the Emperor’s disgraced Air Minister, is running out of time to develop an air ship that can carry his armies to England and restore her mother to glory. But on a daring and desperate test flight, she is blown off course … and washes up, half drowned, on the shores of Cornwall, in the heart of enemy territory. Loveday Penhale, cosseted daughter of gentry, has her own inventions to build, even as pressure mounts to behave like a proper young lady and seek a husband instead of a design for a high-pressure steam engine. But when Arthur Trevelyan, heir to the neighboring estate, Gwynn Place, asks for her help in rescuing an unconscious young woman on the beach, Loveday discovers an aeronaut and an inventor as skilled as she is. Between them, a friendship blossoms, and Loveday wonders if they might even pull off the impossible and invent an air ship that will catch the eye of the Tinkering Prince Regent, who has offered a prize to anyone who can help England break the impasse. Celeste’s loyalties are torn in two. If she is caught working secretly for France, she will lose her friend, the love of an honorable man—and her life. But if Napoleon learns she has betrayed him, she will be executed on sight. Can friendship prevail in the face of war? Or is there a third solution—one where everything hinges on the bravery and daring of a Cornish debutante and the Emperor’s aeronaut? The Emperor’s Aeronaut is the first novel in the Regent’s Devices trilogy set in the Magnificent Devices steampunk world. It promises no strong language, the possibility of a very proper kiss, and a guaranteed happy ending of the trilogy. If you like books by Regina Scott, Gail Carriger, or Emma Jane Holloway, you’re in the right place. Enjoy! "Adina and Scott launch their Regent’s Devices series with a witty and whimsical flight of fancy in a subgenre they call Prinnypunk (Regency-era steampunk); it plays out as a delightfully fun mash-up of Jane Austen and Jules Verne, right down to the hint of sweet romance and the array of ingenious inventions.” —Booklist

Retribution Falls

Retribution Falls
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Publisher : Spectra
Total Pages : 482
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780345522580
ISBN-13 : 0345522583
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Retribution Falls by : Chris Wooding

Sky piracy is a bit out of Darian Frey’s league. Fate has not been kind to the captain of the airship Ketty Jay—or his motley crew. They are all running from something. Crake is a daemonist in hiding, traveling with an armored golem and burdened by guilt. Jez is the new navigator, desperate to keep her secret from the rest of the crew. Malvery is a disgraced doctor, drinking himself to death. So when an opportunity arises to steal a chest of gems from a vulnerable airship, Frey can’t pass it up. It’s an easy take—and the payoff will finally make him a rich man. But when the attack goes horribly wrong, Frey suddenly finds himself the most wanted man in Vardia, trailed by bounty hunters, the elite Century Knights, and the dread queen of the skies, Trinica Dracken. Frey realizes that they’ve been set up to take a fall but doesn’t know the endgame. And the ultimate answer for captain and crew may lie in the legendary hidden pirate town of Retribution Falls. That’s if they can get there without getting blown out of the sky.

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Volume One

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Volume One
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Publisher : Bantam
Total Pages : 482
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307755575
ISBN-13 : 0307755576
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Volume One by : Gordon Dahlquist

Here begins an extraordinary alliance—and a brutal and tender, shocking, and electrifying adventure to end all adventures. It starts with a simple note. Roger Bascombe regretfully wishes to inform Celeste Temple that their engagement is forthwith terminated. Determined to find out why, Miss Temple takes the first step in a journey that will propel her into a dizzyingly seductive, utterly shocking world beyond her imagining—and set her on a collision course with a killer and a spy—in a bodice-ripping, action-packed roller-coaster ride of suspense, betrayal, and richly fevered dreams.

Carrick House: A short steampunk adventure in the Magnificent Devices world

Carrick House: A short steampunk adventure in the Magnificent Devices world
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Publisher : Moonshell Books, Inc.
Total Pages : 105
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781939087799
ISBN-13 : 1939087791
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Carrick House: A short steampunk adventure in the Magnificent Devices world by : Shelley Adina

Who said life is but a dream after the wedding? Married eight months, Lady Claire Trevelyan and Dr. Andrew Malvern are blissfully working together on a new invention, and providing a home for a collection of street sparrows. Then Claire’s mother, the redoubtable Lady Jermyn, arrives with her family in tow and expects to stay indefinitely ... Peony Churchill turns up on the doorstep with valise in hand ... and raffish cousin Claude comes for a visit ... While separately any of these would be most welcome, together they are overwhelming. Claire and Andrew flee to Athena for a bit of breathing room. But the last thing they expect is to have their airship hijacked ... with Claire’s little brother Nicholas still aboard ... Carrick House is the 13th book in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series. Books 13-16 are short reads in the “Manor House” miniseries and can be read separately. No strong language, just a very proper kiss or two and a satisfying solution. If you like books by Gail Carriger, Lindsay Buroker, or Emma Jane Holloway, you’re in the right place. Enjoy!

Dread Eagle

Dread Eagle
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 295
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1200294138
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Dread Eagle by : Alex Woolf

Set in an alternative 1845 with France and Britain locked in a war for global supremacy. This is a steampunk adventure which introduces an alternative 19th century of giant airships, steam-powered automata, floating cities and giant mechanical birds. Napoleon still alive and aging threatens to invade Britain, his secret weapon a titanic airship. Can 18-year-old Lady Arabella West leader of the all-female aerial spies team the "Sky Sisters" save Britain.