num_pages: 662
description: As part of her devils bargain with the industrial steam barons Evelina Cooper is finally enrolled in the Ladies College of London. However shes attending as the Gold Kings pet magician in handcuffs and forbidden contact with even her closest relation the detective Sherlock Holmes.Not even Niccolo the dashing pirate captain and his sentient airship can save her. But Evelinas problems are only part of a larger war. The Baskerville Affair is finally coming to light and the rebels are making their move to wrest power from the barons and restore it to Queen Victoria. Missing heirs and nightmare hounds are the order of the dayor at least thats what Dr. Watson is telling the press.But their plans are doomed unless Evelina escapes to unite her magic with the rebels machinesand even then her powers arent what they used to be. A sorcerer has awakened a dark hunger in Evelinas soul and only he can keep her from endangering them all. The only problem ishes dead.
language: English
title: A Study in Ashes
publisher: Del Rey