Timeless (47 page)
Authors: Gail Carriger
Tags: #Fiction, #Fantasy, #Contemporary, #Historical, #Paranormal, #Urban, #Romance, #Science Fiction, #Supernatural, #Victorian, #Humor, #vampire, #SteamPunk
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The Parasol Protectorate
Soulless
Changeless
Blameless
Heartless
Timeless
The Parasol Protectorate Series
“Carriger debuts brilliantly with a blend of Victorian romance, screwball comedy of manners and alternate history…. This intoxicatingly witty parody will appeal to a wide cross-section of romance, fantasy and steampunk fans.”
—
Publishers Weekly
(Starred Review)
“Spectacular debut novel… a real page-turner.”
—
Romantic Times
“
Soulless
is a character-driven romp with great worldbuilding and delicious rapier wit that recalls Austen and P. G. Wodehouse.”
“A delightfully fun supernatural comedy of manners, with a refreshing romance thrown in—and a highly promising first novel.”
—
Locus
“
Soulless
has all the delicate charm of a Victorian parasol, and all the wicked force of a Victorian parasol secretly weighted with brass shot and expertly wielded. Ravishing.”
—Lev Grossman,
New York Times
Bestselling Author of
The Magicians
“I was enchanted from start to finish.”
“Light-hearted and fast-paced,
Soulless
will please fans of fantasy, historical fantasy and paranormal romance alike.”
—
The Miami Herald
“Carriger has created a wonderfully detailed world that is just one step to the side of our own.”
“A tapestry that is simultaneously witty, charming, exhilarating and downright fun.”
Chapter One: In Which There Is Almost a Bath and Definitely a Trip to the Theater
Chapter Two: Wherein Mrs. Colindrikal-Bumbcruncher Does Not Buy a Hat
Chapter Three: In Which Lord Maccon Wears a Pink Brocade Shawl
Chapter Four: Several Unexpected Occurrences and Tea
Chapter Five: Under Cover of Thespians
Chapter Six: In Which the Parasol Protectorate Acquires a New Member
Chapter Seven: Biffy Encounters a Most Unsatisfactory Parasol
Chapter Eight: Alexia Makes an Unexpectedly Damp Discovery
Chapter Nine: Biffy Experiments with Flirting and Felicity
Chapter Ten: Wherein Our Intrepid Travelers Ride Donkeys
Chapter Eleven: In Which Prudence Discovers Sentences
Chapter Twelve: Wherein Alexia and Ivy Meet a Man with a Beard
Chapter Thirteen: In Which Idle Letters Waste Lives
Chapter Fourteen: Wherein Alexia Loans Mr. Tumtrinkle Her Gun
Chapter Fifteen: In Which We Learn Why Werewolves Don’t Float
Chapter Sixteen: The Curative Properties of Nile Bathing
Chapter Seventeen: A Gastropod Among Us
Chapter Eighteen: The Truth Behind the Octopus
Chapter Nineteen: How to Retire to the Countryside
Chapter Twenty: In Which Times Shift
Praise for The Parasol Protectorate Series
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2012 by Tofa Borregaard
Excerpt from
Blood Rights
copyright © 2011 by Kristen Painter
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ISBN 978-0-316-19400-6