Carriger's writing remains crisp and witty, and the affectionate banter between Lord and Lady Maccon will please series fans distressed by their long separation in 2010's Blameless. Meanwhile, Alexia's clueless sister Felicity moves in new werewolf Biffy, once Akeldama's prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9, embarrassingly experiences premature transfluctuation and a ghost sends Alexia to unravel a plot against Queen Victoria. Alexia and Lord Maccon move next door to Akeldama, building a bridge to secretly connect the households. To protect Lady Alexia Maccon%E2%80%94eight months pregnant and feeling like a "stuffed goose with bunions"%E2%80%94from threats to her possibly soul-stealing unborn child, her husband, the Alpha of the Woolsey werewolf pack, suggests that vampire Lord Akeldama, Alexia's dear friend, adopt the baby. She resides in the Colonies, surrounded by fantastic shoes, where she insists on tea imported from London. Carriger then traveled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag.
Released on June 28, 2011, by Orbit Books, Heartless is the fourth book in the New York Times best-selling 'The Parasol Protectorate' series, each featuring Alexia Tarabotti, a woman without a soul, as its lead character.
When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past. Carriger's fourth Parasol Protectorate adventure is filled with steampunk creations such as zombie porcupines and harmonic auditory resonance disruptors, but its primary focus is on character. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. Heartless is a steampunk paranormal romance novel by Gail Carriger. Carriger, and others Publisher's Summary Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault.
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