Galvanic Century

Steampunk Detective FictionInventor James Wainwright's greatest desire is to be left alone in his workshop, where he can focus on invention and engineering unsullied by the messiness of London society and the meaningless concerns of its upper classes. His financial patron, gentleman Alton Bartleby, has higher aspirations. To continue to receive funding James will have to venture out into the outside world as a detective, turning his inventive genius to the creation of new forensic technologies.Bartleby and James is a steampunk mystery collection that tells the story of the detectives' foray into private investigation.In "And They Called Her Spider" they hunt an impossible assassin, trying to end her reign of terror before she can disrupt Queen Victoria's Platinum Jubilee.In "Maiden Voyage of the Rio Grande" the detectives fight to clear James' name aboard an airship before sabotage sends them crashing into the city below."On the Trail of the Scissorman" sends the pair after a monstrous serial killer turning London's children into orphans.Finally, "A Matter of Spirit" delves into the shadow world of séances and spiritualism as they look for a missing medium in the parlors of Knightsbridge... and beyond.Bartleby and James is the first book in the Galavanic Century series of steampunk mysteries and thrillers, taking readers to an alternate 1910s where Queen Victoria yet rules and the psuedo-scientific beliefs of the Victorians work as they believed them to.

London society holds many expectations for gentlewoman Aldora Fiske. Despite her great proficiency at the great game of the social season, Lady Fiske chafes at the restrictions her social position holds for her. It's only far from the prying eyes and wagging tongues of London parlors that she can truly live the life that she craves.She'll find adventure with pirates high above the London streets, in the far off jungles of Mexico, and in the heart of the aging Ottoman Empire.It's a delicate tightrope she walks, between dilettante and adventuress, with one wrong step leading to utter ruin in the eyes of her elite peers. Still, when the alternative is an existence more stifling than any corset, the adventurous young woman will risk it all for one more thrill.Obligation and injustice collide in this second of the Galvanic Century steampunk series of Edwardian fiction novels.

Collecting the first four novels in the Galvanic Century steampunk series at 50% off the price of individual purchases.Steampunk Mysteries and Thrilling AdventureThe Galvanic Century series showcases a world where Queen Victoria rules an empire of steam from an iron throne well into the 20th century. It's a world where airships ply the skies and inventors cobble together monsters and wonders in their workshops. A world where were all the scientific fever dreams of the Victorian era - animal magnetism, galvanic resurrection, rare ether - are manifest.A world marching inexorably towards a great war that will rock the earth to its very foundations.The Steampunk Omnibus collects the first four Galvanic Century books into one collection.In Bartleby and James, the eponymous detectives set out on their new endeavor as private detectives and tackle their first cases.In A Gentlewoman's Chronicles gentlewoman Aldora Fiske balances obligation and justice as she seeks a life of adventure beyond London's social season.In March of the Cogsmen, Bartleby and Aldora's wedding is harried by dead men melded with hot brass.In Dreams of the Damned, Alton Bartleby must confront the father that he had committed decades ago – and convince the man to release the hostages he's taken.Praise for Michael Coorlim's Steampunk Omnibus:"I will continue to enjoy Mr. Coorlim's work and look forward to my next reading adventure.""I love when collections of short stories work well together and they meld so well in this work! Little pieces build up throughout until there is this huge reveal that once you find out about it you feel silly for not realizing it previously.""I absolutely have to brag on the fact that this is PURE steampunk... There are no aliens or fantasy creatures... Aside from the pseudoscience there aren't any "magic" or "supernatural" elements to the series.""Read all together, however, allows one to see how the style, the tone and the pace improves with each novelette. Moreover, the character development can be appreciated more easily when the cycle is read as a whole."