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Newt's EmeraldNovel
Garth Nixstandalone novel2013
About magical artifacts and quests, set in big city.
“After Lady Truthful's magical Newington Emerald is stolen from her she devises a simple plan: go to London to recover the missing jewel.”
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The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena ClubSeries
series3 books2017
Set in europe.
Start with The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter →
The Difference EngineNovel
William Gibson & Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1990
Science fiction and alternate history, set in alternate earth.
“The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”
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The Anubis GatesSeries
series3 books1983
Time travel and fantasy, mysterious in tone.
“The plot concerns an English professor who participates in a time travel experiment and ends up trapped in the 19th century.”
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Start with The Anubis Gates →
MairelonSeries
series2 books1991
Fantasy, about wizards and coming of age, set in big city.
“Kim doesn't hesitate when a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into the travelling magician's wagon in search of a silver bowl.”
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Start with Mairelon the Magician →
Wolves ChroniclesSeries
series12 books1962
completed
Adventure.
“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
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Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →