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Camera Obscura

by Lavie Tidhar · 2010

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CAN'T FIND A RATIONAL EXPLANATION TO A MYSTERY? CALL IN THE QUIET COUNCIL. The mysterious and glamorous Lady De Winter is one of their most valuable agents. A despicable murder inside a locked and bolted room on the Rue Morgue in Paris is just the start. This whirlwind adventure will take Milady to the highest and lowest parts of that great city - and cause her to question the very nature of reality itself.

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File Under: Steampunk[ Alternate History | Reptilian Royalty | Murder Most Foul | The World's Fair ]

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steampunksteampunkMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisalternate historyalternate historyMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ParisParisMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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