lady of devices a steampunk adventure novel shelley adina

Lady of Devices is the first pure Steampunk Ive ventured into. “Adina is a literary master in her field. Shelley Adina is the author of 24 novels published by Harlequin, Warner, and Hachette. Fangs for the Fantasysays Claire is “a wonderful main character (one of my favourites in the genre)” and the series has “a great sense of Victorian style and language that’s both fun and beautiful to read.” With Lady of Devices,you can begin the adventure today! If you like old-fashioned adventure, brave women, clever children, and strong-willed chickens, you’ll love the first book in the Magnificent Devices series. It’s not long before a new leader rises in the London underworld, known only as the Lady of Devices … a double life Claire must keep secret if she is to achieve her dream and become the assistant to a world-renowned scientist … Unfortunately, her talents lie not in the ballroom, but in the laboratory, where her experiments have an embarrassing habit of blowing up. When her father gambles the estate on the combustion engine despite the fact that everyone knows the world runs on steam, Claire finds herself out in the street with nothing to her name but her steam landau and her second best hat.īut the embarrassments of her old life might be the talents that save her now … if she can stay alive long enough to barter her skills for a street gang’s protection. It’s 1889, and Lady Claire Trevelyan is expected to do nothing more with her life than catch a rich husband. Until riots break out in steampunk London and she seizes her chance… However, things take a turn for the worse when the Martian ambassador dies under suspicious circumstances. The story is set in a world where Martian rejuvenation abilities have allowed Queen Victoria to return to a youthful state. She wants to be an engineer, but her parents–and society–will never allow it. The Martian Ambassador is a true treat for fans of both steampunk and broader science fiction. Book One of the Magnificent Devices series. Lady of Devices: A steampunk adventure novel by Shelley Adina Narrated by Fiona Hardingham Unabridged 5 hours, 38 minutes 3.

Lady of devices a steampunk adventure novel shelley adina