[The Guild Chronicles 01] • The Alchemists · A Paranormal Steampunk Thriller

If you like Penny Dreadful, Mortal Engines or Leviathan you'll enjoy this book.  More than just the typical guns and gears steampunk. What has Sister Rose Caldwell been up to the past two years?

**New Job - New House - New Enemies**

Rose, Violet, and little Rosie have been settling into fancy new digs in upscale Paddington. While remodeling a haunted house into a new reliquary and studio arcana is fun, one needs to take a break occasionally.  Of course, the White Witch of London’s idea of a break is figuring out the identity of her mysterious benefactor and racing off to hunt a Mesopotamian Demon who has ignited the storm of the century.

Things get really weird when the quirky recluse, Preston Gilchrist shows up on her doorstep after three years living as a shut in.  Leaving Gilchrist Manor initiates an adventure that crosses the globe in an old airship piloted by the famous Vanderbilt, Valkyrie Reidun Falk, with stops in Berlin, Constantinople, and Königsberg.  Rose and her friend Preston search for his long-lost love, Lorelei Traube, the Alchemist responsible for inventing the Crucible process. Along the way their paths cross with actual historical characters - Sir James Maxwell and Thomas Edison, as well as mythological creatures and characters.

Good thing Rose came along as Prussian commandos, and an ancient order of Wizards are all trying to get their hands on Lorelei. When the truth comes out about Lorelei’s mysterious project and what is really at the heart of it, Rose requires her collection of gadgets and supernatural powers along with the ancient wisdom of Preston’s alter ego Azul to save humanity.

Sit back and enjoy a supernatural thriller set in a believable, yet fantastic alternative Steampunk history.  Following the prequel, The Alchemists is the first book in the Guild Chronicles Series.

The series includes:

Prequel: The Untold Tales of Dolly Williamson

The Alchemists

The Necronists

The Mechanists

**FAQs**

**What other books have you written and what order should they be read?**

The Untold Tales of Dolly Williamson

The Alchemists

The Necronists

**Why should a reader pick up your book?**

If they are looking for a series with character driven stories that include fantasy and science fiction but also a nod to history then pick up this book.  I love it when a reader writes me that I introduced them to a historical figure they never knew existed and after researching learned that the life they lead was not all that different from how I portrayed them.

**What is Steampunk?**

Steampunk is an esthetic and for some a way of life.  One key point is that steam is the main mode of power.  So, the car would have an external combustion engine rather than an internal combustion engine.  From there things can be wildly different, some steampunk is set in the future and is dystopian some is set in the past.  I heard a good tag line

“When the Victorian comes together with Science Fiction like clockwork.”

My rules for the Steampunk world I have built is this is an alternative history to our timeline.