In a reimagined 1890's London, where steam-driven airships rule the skies and monsters roam the streets, the Galileo Observatory's Club for Gentlemen welcomes all -- gwr, shape-changers, vampires, and lords. A high-stakes game leads more than a few men astray.<br><br>Poindexter Fitzhughes, renowned hero and scientist, learns just how much trouble a full-blooded gwr can be when he attempts to cure his lover, Lord Seth Maitland, of the disease. But when their backs are against the wall, the two must learn to trust in each other, and more importantly, in their true natures, to prevail.<br><br>Meanwhile, Duncan Farnsworth discovers being a vampire has not improved his social life, his chances of finding love, continuing the family line, or getting a bite to eat. Maneuvering his way around a sarcastic butler, his spinster sister, a run-in with an amorous werewolf, and a confrontation with a dead soldier and a French airship captain, Duncan finally finds exactly what he is thirsting for.

London Steam

“His creator,” Jamison explained. The vampire woman who changed him without permission of the night’s court, the one who left him unclaimed in an alley, who…


“Who saved his life, and gave me some of mine back,” Nigel said, touching the scar over his chest.


“Who means to feed him to her mother,” Jamison snapped. The old man had recovered somewhat. “She told him as much. The older vampires, they do not gain so much sustenance from the blood of humans; they feed on other, younger, vampires.”


“Vampires like Duncan,” Agenes murmured.


“Elizabeth meant to keep Ursula a captive, in her tower, like she kept those girls so many centuries ago,” Jamison explained. “But Ursula escaped, fled here. It was only luck—good or ill—that she stumbled over my master when he lay dying in the streets. She fed from him, and he died. Returned to us as Revenant. As a vampire. When her mother again caught up to her, Ursula promised to bring Elizabeth food.”


Chapter 36