[The Cogspeare Chronicles 01] • The Cogspeare Conspiracy

The Cogspeare Conspiracy is the story of Magnus Cogspeare, the son of a mad-scientist whose inventions and discoveries make steampunk-London run like clockwork. And yet those very inventions have also left the young barrister a broken man. After a catastrophic mining explosion has Magnus defending a corrupt mining corporation, he has to face the demons that plague his obsessive soul.

And that’s only the beginning of his problems. His five brothers are each more brilliant and troublesome than the last, and each has his own secrets to hide. Declan is a physicist in the closet, Erasmus is a high-functioning alcoholic studying for his medical degree, Amadeus is hiding his religious vocation from his atheist parents, and Sebastian has more in common with their pets than he does with humans. And Magnus’s actions get his brother Quintus, who was recently expelled from Oxford, shot! While trying to take care of everyone, he also has to bail his suffragette mother out of prison.

Enter Minerva, a provoking and beautiful activist who wants nothing more than to be a lawyer like Magnus. But now it’s up to him to become the man who deserves her.

Part fantasy and thriller, a court-room drama with a soupçon of romantic tension, the Cogspeare Conspiracy is the first in a planned series that invites you into the fantastic world of the Cogspeare clan.