Stap in de clandestiene wereld van een geheime organisatie die belast is met het beschermen van het Rijk tegen het onverklaarbare. Dit Ministerie, gevestigd in het hart van Londen, pakt mysterieuze gebeurtenissen aan die de gewone wetshandhaving in verwarring brengen. De eliteagenten, gerekruteerd uit de beste geesten uit alle gebieden, trotseren occulte krachten en geheime genootschappen die op chaos uit zijn. Ga met hen mee op spannende avonturen waar moed, vindingrijkheid en bravoure de enige verdediging zijn tegen nachtmerries die werkelijkheid worden.
Eine Serie seltsamer Todesfälle erschüttert London: An den Ufern der Themse werden eine Reihe von Leichen entdeckt, denen das Blut abgezapft wurde. Eliza D. Braun, furchtlose Agentin der Krone, deren Markenzeichen ein kugelsicheres Korsett und eine besondere Vorliebe für Dynamit sind, nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Ihr zur Seite steht der Bibliothekar Wellington Books. Gemeinsam kommen sie einer dunklen Bruderschaft auf die Spur, die ganz Großbritannien unter ihre Gewalt bringen will.
A Victorian steampunk adventure featuring two secret agents from the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences as they uncover a shocking conspiracy.
Certainly no strangers to peculiar occurrences, agents Wellington Books and Eliza Braun are nonetheless stunned to observe a fellow passenger aboard Britain's latest hypersteam train suddenly vanish in a dazzling bolt of lightning. They soon discover this is not the only such disappearance - every case inexplicably unexamined by the Crown.
Working for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, one sees innumerable technological wonders. But even veteran agents Braun and Books are unprepared for what the electrifying future holds in the third novel in the steampunk adventure series. After being ignominiously shipped out of England following their participation in the Janus affair, Braun and Books are ready to prove their worth as agents. But what starts as a simple mission in the States—intended to keep them out of trouble—suddenly turns into a scandalous and convoluted case that has connections reaching as far as Her Majesty the Queen. Even with the help of two American agents from the Office of the Supernatural and the Metaphysical, Braun and Books have their work cut out for them as their chief suspect in a rash of nautical and aerial disasters is none other than Thomas Edison. Between the fantastic electric machines of Edison, the eccentricities of MoPO consultant Nikola Tesla, and the mysterious machinations of a new threat known only as the Maestro, they may find themselves in far worse danger than they ever have been in before…
Set in a steampunk world, agents Brooks and Braun navigate shifting loyalties as the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences faces unexpected challenges. Amidst intrigue and adventure, they uncover that even long-standing alliances can falter, leading to thrilling twists in their mission for the Queen. The novel explores themes of trust and betrayal while immersing readers in a richly detailed alternate history.