num_pages: 65
description: 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 come. This volume includes:The Evil that Befell Sampson by Philippa BallantineEliza 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.Dust on the Davenport by O.M. Grey Agent Simon R. Boswell still considered the green agent of the Ministry takes on his own a supposed haunting in Islington. Hauntings tend to be nothing too serious for agents specializing in the unexplained; but for Simon this case supplies surprises of all kinds around every corner The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas by Nathan LowellAgent Heathcliff Durham finds himself crisscrossing Africa looking for an Amulet that could spell disaster for any who come near it. Battling blistering heat starvation wild animals and despair he is not comforted by the company of a rough and ready sort named Morrison. Soon Durham begins to suspect he may never return homeand to top it all off the tea has almost run out.A Ruby in Rain by Grant StoneFrom the farthest edge of the Empire New Zealand agents Lachlan King and Barry Ferguson are called to interview a recent arrival to Aucklands prisons. An infamous gambler according to the constables account has turned himself into their custody not for the safety of society but for his own. The Ministry steps in to uncover a mans story of impressive luck and more incredible vision.
language: English
title: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Tales from the Archives, Collection 1
publisher: ImagineThat! Studios