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Felix J. Palma – The Map of Time

Publisher: Atria Books, 2011 “WIBBLY-WOBBLY, TIMEY-WIMEY” Plot Overview Set in Victorian England, The Map of Time includes three separate but intertwining stories, (although the characters don’t always realize it). In the first story, a suicidal young man finds a new lust for life when he is given an opportunity to … Continue reading

Gail Carriger – Heartless

Publisher:  Orbit, 2011 OF VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, AND TREACLE TART Plot Overview Lady Alexia Maccon, formerly Tarabotti, is back in this fourth installment of Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate Series, Heartless. This time we find Alexia solving yet another mystery within the English realm. An unidentified ghost has manifested itself to Alexia … Continue reading