(Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, #3)
By: Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris
Expected Publication: January 28th, 2014
Genre(s): Science Fiction/Steampunk
Synopsis:
Working for the Ministry of Peculiar
Occurrences, one sees innumerable technological wonders. But even veteran
agents Braun and Books are unprepared for what the electrifying future holds…
After being ignominiously shipped out of England following their participation in the Janus affair, Braun and Books are ready to prove their worth as agents. But what starts as a simple mission in the States—intended to keep them out of trouble—suddenly turns into a scandalous and convoluted case that has connections reaching as far as Her Majesty the Queen.
Even with the help of two American agents from the Office of the Supernatural and the Metaphysical, Braun and Books have their work cut out for them as their chief suspect in a rash of nautical and aerial disasters is none other than Thomas Edison. Between the fantastic electric machines of Edison, the eccentricities of MoPO consultant Nikola Tesla, and the mysterious machinations of a new threat known only as the Maestro, they may find themselves in far worse danger than they ever have been in before…
After being ignominiously shipped out of England following their participation in the Janus affair, Braun and Books are ready to prove their worth as agents. But what starts as a simple mission in the States—intended to keep them out of trouble—suddenly turns into a scandalous and convoluted case that has connections reaching as far as Her Majesty the Queen.
Even with the help of two American agents from the Office of the Supernatural and the Metaphysical, Braun and Books have their work cut out for them as their chief suspect in a rash of nautical and aerial disasters is none other than Thomas Edison. Between the fantastic electric machines of Edison, the eccentricities of MoPO consultant Nikola Tesla, and the mysterious machinations of a new threat known only as the Maestro, they may find themselves in far worse danger than they ever have been in before…
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~Author Bios~
Born in Wellington, New Zealand,
Philippa has always had her head in a book. For this she blames her father who
thought Lord of the Rings was suitable bedtime reading for an
eight year old. At the age of thirteen she began writing fantasy stories for
herself.
She first earned a Bachelor of Arts
in English Literature and Political Science and then a Bachelor of Applied
Science in Library and Information Science. So soon enough she found herself
working in the magical world of libraries where she stayed for over a decade
Her first professional sale was in
1997, and since then she has gone on to produce mostly novel length fiction. In
2006 she became New Zealand’s first podcast novelist, and she has voiced and
produced Weaver’s Web, Chasing the Bard, Weather Child and Digital
Magic as podiobooks. Her podcasts have been short listed for the
Parsec Awards, and won a Sir Julius Vogel award.
Philippa is the author of the Books
of the Order series with Ace- Geist and Spectyr and Wrayth out
now, and Harbinger to follow. She is also the co-author of the
Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series with Tee Morris. Phoenix Rising debuted
in May 2011 and The Janus Affair came out in May 2012. She
also has the Shifted World series with Pyr Books, with the
first book Hunter and Fox out now.
When not writing or podcasting,
Philippa loves reading, gardening, and whenever possible traveling. With her
husband, Tee and her daughter, she is looked after by a mighty clowder of three
cats.
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Tee Morris began his writing career
with his 2002 historical epic fantasy, MOREVI The Chronicles of Rafe
& Askana. In 2005 Tee took MOREVI into the then-unknown
podosphere, making his novel the first book podcast in its entirety.
That experience led to the founding
of Podiobooks.com and collaborating with Evo Terra and Chuck Tomasi
on Podcasting for Dummies and its follow-up, Expert
Podcasting Practices for Dummies.
He won acclaim and accolades for his
cross-genre fantasy-detective Billibub Baddings Mysteries, the
podcast of The Case of the Singing Swordwinning him the 2008 Parsec
Award for Best Audio Drama. Along with those titles, Tee has written articles
and short stories for BenBella Books’s Farscape Forever: Sex, Drugs,
and Killer Muppets, the podcast anthology VOICES: New Media Fiction, BenBella
Books’ So Say We All: Collected Thoughts and Opinions of Battlestar
Galactica, and Dragon Moon Press’ Podthology: The Pod Complex.
Tee brought all these skills to the
award-winning Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series which he wrote with his
wife, Pip Ballantine. When he is not writing, Tee enjoys life in Virginia
alongside Philippa Ballantine, his daughter, and three cats.
First of all... that cover looks epic. I can't wait to read this. It sounds fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI have the first book on my Kindle and I'm so excited to read this series...I've recently become a huge fan of historical steampunk so this looks awesome :P & The covers are gorgeous!! Thanks Leti for checking this out :)
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