The BulletCatcher's Daughter The Fall of the GasLit Empire Book One

<b><b>Phillip K. Dick Award Finalist</b><br><br>“Steampunk and circus wonder” come together in this “tight and fun” series starring an undercover female detective on the lam in alternate Victorian England (</b><i><b>The Washington Post</b></i><b>)</b><br><br> Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life—as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks, and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus.<br><br> But when she comes up against an agent of the all-powerful Patent Office, her life and the course of history will begin to change. And not necessarily for the better.