Agatha Heterodyne returns to her ancestral home, the warped little town of Mechanicsburg, to convince the artificial intelligence that animates her family's castle that she is, in fact, the new Heterodyne. But things get complicated when an imposter claiming to be the legitimate heir appears.
Phil Foglio Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Phil Foglio je tvorca s bohatou históriou v oblasti umenia a komiksu. Pôvodne sa presadil ako populárny fanúšikovský umelec sci-fi v 70. rokoch, kým v 80. rokoch nezačal profesionálne písať a kresliť. Jeho tvorba, často s humorným a dobrodružným nádychom, sa vyznačuje osobitým výtvarným štýlom a dôrazom na prepracované svety. Spoločne s manželkou Kajou Foglio stojí za populárnou sériou komiksov a románov, ktorá si získala široký ohlas.
The Steampunk Adventurer's Guide: Contraptions, Creations, and Curiosities Anyone Can Make
- 240 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
Foreword§Introduction§Part the First: Before We Begin§Chapter 1: What Is Steampunk?§Chapter 2: Tools of the Modern Mad Scientist...and Materials, Too§Chapter 3: You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!§Part the Second: The Story§Chapter 4: Decoder Armguard: Wherein our heroes get the message§Chapter 5: Signaling Periscope: Wherein our heroes pass the message along§Chapter 6: Goggles: Wherein our heroes prepare for a trip§Chapter 7: Grappling Hook Launcher: Wherein our heroes get a lift§Chapter 8: Airship Harness: Wherein our heroes fly by night§Chapter 9: Glider Wings: Wherein our heroes get separated§Chapter 10: Rivet Gun: Wherein our heroes get stranded§Chapter 11: Power Armor and Magnetic Amplification Gauntlet: Wherein our heroes are reunited§Chapter 12: Rocket Pack: Wherein our heroes visit their uncle§Chapter 13: Epilogue: Wherein our heroes escape§Part the Third: Hastily Scribbled Laboratory Notes§A. This Way Lies Madness§B. Dramatis Personae§C. For the Brilliant but Mathematically Challenged Mad Scientist§Final Thoughts§
After escaping from the massive airship known as Castle Wulfenbach, Agatha falls in with a travelling troupe of performers, where she begins training under Zeetha, swordmistress and princess of the lost city of Skifander. With Wulfenbach on her trail, it's going to take more than a spark of Mad Science for Agatha to traverse the treacherous wasteland of war-torn Europa.
The Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare and Europe is ruled by dynasties of mad scientists, terrorizing the population with their bizarre inventions. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, student Agatha Clay seems destined for a boring career as a lab assistant, until the University is overthrown by a ruthless tyrant, and Agatha finds herself a prisoner aboard his massive airship
TSR Books: Illegal Aliens
- 336 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
An alien task force searching for test subjects for their experiments meets their match in a tough New York City street gang