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...

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 ...

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...

New Zealand like the rest of the world, has been broken and remade by the zombie apocalypse. Humanity is scattered, sheltering as best it can in isolated settlements. However, there is hope, and it rests with one old woman and her machine.Whakamua, the track laying train's mission is to connect Ngaire's home to the rest of civilization. As they set off for Wellington, where they hope to find more survivors,Ngaire knows it is going to be a long road, but she can't anticipate the dan...

Young Ministry Agent Aroha Murphy is tasked to find The Angel of Death, who stalks Auckland, New Zealand, killing anyone, even those locked securely in their home. Behind is left only a desiccated corpse. But is this murder… or justice?============================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 novel teasers of things to...

A Christmas collection from the steampunk world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. Action intrigue and the spirit of the season...A Christmas to Die for by Pip Ballantine and Tee MorrisEven an assassin must go home for Christmas.Sophia del Morte, skilled spy-for-hire, now faces the most formidable of opponents: family. It is the closing of the year, after all; and the lethal Italian beauty returns to her home village for wine, food, and memori...

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 ...

A steampunk sci-fi fantasy featuring a duo of British investigators determined to uncover a dark conspiracy in Victorian London.Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade . . . and a librarian.These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as corpses on the banks of the Thames, drained of blood and bone. Yet the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences—the Crown’s clandestine or...

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...

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...

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...