In 1880, women can't vote or fight crime, but twenty-year-old socialite Sarah Stanton dreams of being a hero. Her chance comes when the leader of the Society of Paragons, New York's top adventure team, is murdered in front of her.
La Société de la Vapeur Séries
Cette série plonge les lecteurs dans une ère victorienne alternative où des femmes audacieuses se taillent une place dans un monde d'aventures et d'inventions. Suivez des héroïnes intrépides alors qu'elles combattent le crime et découvrent des conspirations, armées d'esprits vifs et d'ingénieux engins steampunk. C'est un mélange passionnant de fiction historique, d'action et de construction de mondes imaginatifs.
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Superheroes and steampunk come together in 19th century New York. Sir Dennis Darby has been murdered, the Automaton has been destroyed, and Sarah Stanton has turned her back on a life of privilege and comfort to try and find her way in the unforgiving streets of New York. But Lord Eschaton, the villain behind all these events, isn't finished with her yet. His plans to bring his apocalyptic vision of the future to the world are moving forward, but to complete his scheme he needs the clockwork heart that Sarah still holds. But she has her own plans for the Automaton's clockwork heart-Sarah is trying to rebuild her mechanical friend, and when she is attacked by the Children of Eschaton, the man who comes to her rescue may be the one to make her dreams come true. Emelio Armando is a genius inventor who had hoped to leave his troubles behind when he and his sister left Italy for a life of anonymity in the New World. Now he finds himself falling in love with the fallen society girl,..