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series3 books2009

Steampunk, adventurous in tone, about genetic engineering and war.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
from the catalogue

Start with Leviathan →

Five Children UniverseSeries

series27 books1902

completed

Fantasy, set in british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
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Start with Five Children and It →

Crosstime TrafficSeries

series6 books2003

Set in alternate earth.

“Harry Turtledove's Crosstime Traffic novels are set on an Earth that has discovered travel to alternate timelines where history unfolded differently, exploited commercially by the monopoly company that gives the series its name.”
from the catalogue

Start with Gunpowder Empire →

The SeparationNovel

Christopher Prieststandalone novel2002

Mysterious in tone, about identity and war, set in british isles.

“The author introduces a deliberate confusion by giving these brothers identical initials – J.L. Sawyer – one known as Jack and the other as Joe.”
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The Devil's ArithmeticNovel

Jane Yolenstandalone novel1988

Historical fiction, emotional in tone, about coming of age and faith and religion.

“Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.”
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Jack Christie AdventuresSeries

series3 books2009

Adventure, adventurous and tense in tone, set in our world.

Start with Day of the Assassins →

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