London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her.
Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women in Victorian society. Forever being matched with men he[...]
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Map of Time" and "The Map of the Sky," the final installment in the award-winning trilogy that "The Washington Post "called "a big, genre-bending delight."
When the person he loves most dies in tragic circumstances, the mysterious protagonist [...]
1898. New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry well-to-do Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he first accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H. G. Wells s popular novel The War of the Worlds. Meanwhile in London, Wells himself is unexpectedly made privy to [...]
Characters real and imaginary come vividly to life in this whimsical triple play of intertwined plots, in which a skeptical H. G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel and to save lives and literary classics, including "Dracula "and "The Time Machine, "from being wip[...]