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.
Phil Foglio Libri
Phil Foglio è un creatore con una ricca storia nell'arte e nei fumetti. Riconosciuto inizialmente come un popolare fan artist di fantascienza negli anni '70, è passato alla scrittura e al disegno professionali negli anni '80. Il suo lavoro, spesso caratterizzato da umorismo e avventura, presenta uno stile artistico distintivo e una dedizione alla creazione di mondi intricati. Insieme a sua moglie, Kaja Foglio, è il co-creatore di un'acclamata serie di fumetti e romanzi.
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.
TSR Books: Illegal Aliens
- 336pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
An alien task force searching for test subjects for their experiments meets their match in a tough New York City street gang
Girl Genius: Agatha H. and the airship city
- 264pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
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
The Steampunk Adventurer's Guide: Contraptions, Creations, and Curiosities Anyone Can Make
- 240pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
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§
A magician's apprentice, only half-way through his indentures, a purple-tongued demon, a universe populated by devils, imps, dragons and unicorns is the basis of a funny non-stop switchback of magic, mayhem and mythadventure.