Eliza D Braun is a young field agent in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (South Pacific Branch) when she is asked by New Zealand's preeminent suffragist to investigate some strange goings within the organisation.She cannot possibly imagination that this little case will alter her entire life and thrust her into a world barely prepared for her.Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned ...

Sophia del Morte, the enigmatic Italian beauty with a penchant for espionage, is back in her picturesque Italian village for the holidays. Known for her lethal skills in the clandestine world of espionage, Sophia now faces an opponent more formidable than any adversary she's encountered—her own family. As the year draws to a close, Sophia grapples with the prospect of awkward dinner conversations and familial intrigue.Will the secrets of the del Morte clan be laid bare under the tw...

The street urchins that will one day be called the Ministry Seven, have a task from Agent Harrison Thorne. It seems simple enough, however their leader Miss Verity Fitzroy discovers that a surprise from her past is tangled up with this mysterious man which leads to a very precarious situation.Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned in the novels, characters seen and unseen and may include nove...

Wellington Books and Eliza D. Braun arrive in Cairo, Egypt, sent from Ministry headquarters on an archival audit. What Wellington hopes will be a stay in the cradle of civilization and a break from the bitter winter of England instead looks to be a brief visit on account of Eliza’s poor attitude and the disdain of the area field director, Marcus Donahue.The plans for an uneventful collection of case documents and artefacts are soon shattered by a massacre that that can only be descr...

From the imagination behind the award-winning Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series comes a steampunk novella inspired by Hans Christian Andersen.The mermaid Lorelei is the youngest daughter of King Triton, but she has always been drawn to the Above world. Though she is revels in the joys of her tail and the underwater world, she has never felt she belongs there. The Sea Witch and her marvelous contraptions offer a way to pursue her dreams. What she will find the...

From the creators of the award-winning steampunk series comes a new adventure set in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences universe.While Verity Fitzroy loses herself in magical mechanizations and fantastical science of London, she harbours secrets of the death of her parents, of a mystery she can't leave alone, and of her power over machinery that both excites and terrifies her. Verity is part of the Ministry Seven, street orphans that work for Agent Harrison Thorne of the Ministry...

A literary short story from author Philippa Ballantine author of Geist, and Kindred and Wings, and co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.A woman goes looking for answers about her grandmother in a drawer of old photos. Through them she travels back in time, finding answers and more that—something she’d thought she’d lost.

Four steampunk novelettes from the authors of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, Pip Ballantine and Tee MorrisLittle Red Flying Hood by Tee MorrisPrepare for a dogfight with the Big, Bad Wolf...In France a deadly battle is raging in the skies, but Scarlett Quinn has been shuffled off to reconnaissance duty in an ailing biplane that has seen better days. However, fate will put her in the cross-hairs of one of Germany's greatest aces, behind enemy lines and way over...

One Final Mission.There is no time to rest for Eliza D Braun and Wellington Thornhill Books. The man who has haunted and hounded them since the fall of the Maestro—Doctor Henry Jekyll—is now on a killing spree, using bizarre, theatrical murders as a way to taunt their inability to capture him.Of course, Books and Braun know this is a trap, so it falls on the Ministry's Finest to turn the tables on Jekyll and bring him to justice.As Wellington and El...

A novelette of steampunk and magic, from one of the minds behind the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.Based on Hans Christian Anderson's classic fairytale Wild Swans, this is the story of Eleanor and her quest to save her beloved brothers.When the beautiful Faine Escrew marries Eleanor's father, she, her brother's and the flying City of Swans are thrown into danger. Even worse, she is sent away by her new step-mother, and discovers her brothers have been locked in mechanical ...

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 in the third novel in the steampunk adventure series.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 the...

From authors Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, the award winning steampunk series continues...The chase is on! After rescuing Queen Victoria from the clutches of the Maestro, Agents Eliza D Braun and Wellington Books are in hot pursuit of Dr Henry Jekyll. While he continues his experiments on the aristocracy of Europe, he leaves a trail of chaos and despair in his wake. However when Eliza and Wellington run him to ground in India, they are forced to come face to face with ghosts from ...