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Searching the battlefield after a major battle, Sgt. Eli finds a dead Union Army messenger. In the messenger's bag is a message saying the South had surrendered, the war was over. Along with the Union Messenger was a dead Union Captain carrying his discharge papers, and 8,000 dollars. Sgt. Eli decides now is a good time to seek other opportunities, away from the stink of war. While buying supplies from his friend the quartermaster, he is advised to go to St. Louis. Those opportunities may lie there and a crowd to get lost in.

Van Delano is still determined to free his sister from the clutches of Nine-Fingered Nan, whatever it takes. So, when the outlaw queen suggests an exchange, he’s all too eager to agree. Doesn’t matter the stagecoach he’s supposed to find is traveling a route that don’t make no sense toward the one town he never wanted to step foot into again. Doesn’t matter the lockbox he’s supposed to steal off it just might be Old World tech.

Nach der Sache mit Kirkland liegt Jackson Payne schwer verletzt im Krankenhaus, doch die Sache ist ausgestanden und er in Sicherheit. Lydia Frost hofft, dass nun endlich wieder etwas Normalität in die Agentur kommt. Helen plant eine Geburtstagsparty und Dr. Baxter versucht, den mechanischen Arm nachzubauen. Die ruhigen Tage dauern allerdings nicht lange an. Eine Mutter bittet Frost, ihren verschollenen Sohn, David, zu suchen, da Scotland Yard sich nicht dafür zu interessieren scheint.

When their secrets are threatened in London, the Makers leave the country. Inspector Jenson heads out, too, hunting dangerous traitors. Feeling alone, Amethyst falls in with an American team developing a new aetheric engine. When their success draws interest from a private investor to test the engine’s capabilities on Pendine Sands, a trip to Wales is called for. When the elements of her life come crashing back together, it’s not just Amethyst who’s in danger. In a high-stakes game of engines and intrigue, some people will try to change history forever.

This collection of short stories delves into the steampunk realm, visits the paranormal, and encounters everything in between.

Bianca Harker wants out of the life facing her as a prostitute's daughter. Her plan to live with her grandparents is short-lived when they marry her off to an airship merchant. When he dies suddenly, Bianca decides to fight for the failing business. The chance for independence is within her grasp...as long as she can save the business.

All Cat wanted was an ordinary summer internship at the American Museum of Natural History. But when the fossils on display command her to use an ancient amulet to restore balance to the sacred lands out West, she and her robot companion Hermes find themselves journeying across an alternate-history 1890s America to set things right in the Native States.

1881 - Special Agent Gillian Hamilton, magic caster for the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam, has recovered from injuries obtained while in Shallow Grave, Arizona. Now back in New York City, Gillian makes an arrest on New Year’s Eve that leads to information on a gangster, known only as Tick Tock, who’s perfected utilizing elemental magic ammunition. This report complicates Gillian’s holiday plans, specifically those with infamous outlaw, Gunner the Deadly, who promised they’d ring in 1882 together.

Jeans Vergangenheit als Diebin holt sie ein. Ihre alte Bande zwingt sie zu einem riskanten Einbruch. Obwohl sie Rack und die anderen hintergangen hat, helfen sie ihr, den Raubzug zu organisieren. Jeans ehemaliger Boss gibt ihnen jedoch lediglich zwei Tage Vorbereitungszeit. Sollte die Bande einen so gefährlichen Raub in dieser kurzen Zeit wagen? Oder wird es sie in den Knast bringen? In Band 5 dieser außergewöhnlichen Alternativen Geschichtsthriller-Reihe muss die Bande um Rack beweisen, dass sie trotz diverser Rückschläge wirklich zusammenarbeiten kann.

Racks Bande ist wieder vollständig. Doch bisher können sie nur mäßigen Erfolg gegen "The Stick" vermelden. Rack muss endlich etwas mehr Erfolg haben, um den mächtigen Bandenführer in den Knast zu bringen. Und das in der korruptesten Stadt, die das britische Empire zu bieten hat. Dazu kommt, dass "The Stick" weiß wie sie gegen ihn vorgehen, und unternimmt alles, um sie zu vernichten. Der Abschlussband der 1. Staffel um Rack und seine "Bande von Nichtsnutzen" bietet noch einmal alles auf, was die Einzelgänger in der Gruppe zu bieten haben.

Eliana Steelhaugh’s life and the lives of her friends depend on secrecy. By day she plays servant to her stepmother. By night Ella is forced to use her unusual talents and body modifications in a "secret identity" - a thief known as Cinder. Much of her time is spent at St. Drogo, a sanctuary for modifieds, to atone for her mother having poisoned the Thames. She has little time for dreams, let alone love.

The Resistance races against time to complete the missile-launcher known as the Hometaker, capable of opening a gateway to the land the Regime came from, and exposing the Iron Emperor for all the evils he's done. Everything rests on the secrecy of the mission, but from day one, tongues are wagging. With no time left on the clock, General Rommond is forced to make an audacious plan: finish the construction of the Hometaker on the move, driving straight towards the enemy, who've assembled in unimaginable force. The Great Iron War is coming to an end.

As soon as they stepped off the boat in New York, Irish immigrants Jim Leary and his brother Billy were conscripted into the Union Aero Corps, forced to fight in a civil war they had no interest in. Ten years later, with the war finally over and America divided into two nations, each brother believes the other died in combat. Jim Leary, now calling himself "Captain Gallagher", has taken to the air over the southwestern American territories in a stolen airship, leading the life of a pirate, the bane of both the Union and the fledgling Confederate States of America.

A country house retreat with friends like Benjamin Maker should be exactly the relaxation Amethyst Forester needs. But this country house comes with unbearable snobbery and a missing person. Needing support, Amethyst calls Inspector Jenson to come and investigate. As jealousies and hatred threaten both Maker and Amethyst, Jenson becomes their greatest ally. Amethyst’s inventions are increasing her fortunes, both good and bad, making her a target. Already off-kilter after an unexpected proposal, Amethyst finds something she believed lost forever.

It’s 1914, and Elizabeth Crowne is ready for action. The emboldened young investigator arrives in Cairo with simple instructions: Journey into the Egyptian desert and find Dr. Archibald Franklin. But Elizabeth is getting more than she bargained for. A band of rogue archaeologists is on the brink of an unspeakable discovery - that is, unless the discovery finds them first.

New York, Winter 1884: Pinkerton Jackson Payne und sein Partner Alistair Kirkland bekommen den Auftrag, eine reiche Bankiersfamilie während einer Reise ins Hudson Valley nach Pollepel Island zu beschützen. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass der Auftrag Routine ist, bis Fremde auf der Insel auftauchen... Lydia Frost und ihr Team machen sich auf die Suche nach ihrem Pinkerton. Mit Kopfgeldjägern ist nicht zu spaßen, wie sie sehr bald feststellen müssen. Payne steckt in Schwierigkeiten - und sie müssen alles daran setzen, ihn zu retten.

"Союз Проклятых" - фантастический романа Алекса Коша, вторая книга цикла "Одиночка", жанр боевое фэнтези, героическое фэнтези, стимпанк. После того, как клан "Стальных Крыс" обманом завладел Костяным Мечом и продал его другому клану, Фальк вновь возвращается в Арктанию, чтобы попытаться вернуть квестовый предмет.

Iris McTavish always wanted to follow in her father's footsteps. But when his sudden death leaves her household on the brink of ruin, she may have to choose an unwanted marriage over her passion of archaeology. To save her house and prove her worth, she embarks on a mysterious and dangerous expedition....

The Nether is leaderless, and the Assembly is in chaos. The three apprentices must counter an invasion by aliens who rip the Symphony, and the very universe, apart. Ancient antagonists will resurface, a battle must be fought, and the secrets of the Nether and the universe will be laid bare in this final book of the Dissolution Cycle.

Elizabeth Bankroft is a thoroughly modern teenager in the Edwardian age. She spends part of the year with her parents in British India and part of the year with her grandparents in England. When her parents decide to send her to a college, Elizabeth resents the idea of what she calls a “finishing school” in India. At the Viceroy’s College in the foothills of the Himalayas, “finishing” will take on a whole new meaning. The college is, in fact, the British India's school for spies.