Alton Bartleby is a social savant and the foppish toast of Edwardian London's upper crust. James Wainwright is a brilliant but socially stunted working class engineer with a fialr for invention and a propensity towards violence. Together they solve the mysteries that Scotland Yard cannot.
This novel is the first in the Galvanic Century steampunk series of mysteries set in Edwardian England. Join... [click here for more]
On the surface, Aldora Fiske is the epitome of Edwardian England's ideal gentlewoman. Proper. Graceful. Well respected and well connected. She navigates London's social season with the ease and aplomb of someone born to power and privilege.
For Lady Fiske, it's never been enough. Any of it. Not the parties, not the privledge, not the influence. Her heart of hearts hungers for more, for adventures... [click here for more]
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... [click here for more]
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... [click here for more]
Galvanic Century is set in an alternate steampunk world where the reign of Queen Victoria has extended well into the early 20th century. As the world edges inexorably towards a World War that few can even begin to anticipate, brave men and women must contend with airship pirates, clockwork assassins, galvanic monsters, and anarchist madmen.
James Wainwright always considered himself a working-class... [click here for more]
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... [click here for more]
Galvanic Century is set in an alternate steampunk world where the reign of Queen Victoria has extended well into the early 20th century. As the world edges inexorably towards a World War that few can even begin to anticipate, brave men and women must contend with airship pirates, clockwork assassins, galvanic monsters, and anarchist madmen. It's been a rough year for gentlewoman Aldora Fiske -- airship... [click here for more]
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... [click here for more]
The Steampunk Omnibus is a collection of the best-selling titles from the Collected Bartleby and James Adventures and the Gentlewoman's Chronicles anthologies of steampunk mystery and thriller fiction. These seven stories build a world of Edwardian adventure in a galvanic century.
These seven novelettes are:
AND THEY CALLED HER SPIDER Steampunk London is in the grip of an unstoppable assassin... [click here for more]