You d have to be mad to steal from the feared International Patent Office. But that s what Elizabeth Barnabus is about to try. A one-time enemy from the circus has persuaded her to attempt a heist that will be the ultimate conjuring trick.
Hidden in the vaults of the Patent Court in London lie secrets that could shake the very pillars of the Gas-Lit Empire. All that stands in Elizabeth s way are the agents of the Patent Office, a Duke s private army and the mysterious Custodian of Marvels.
Rod Duncan returns with the climactic volume of"The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire," the breathtaking alternate history series that began with the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated"The Bullet-Catcher s Daughter."
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