CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

CHAPTER ONE

In Which Larklight Is Filled with the Spirit of Christmas, but Things Go Somewhat Awry in the Pantry.

CHAPTER TWO

In Which Sir Richard Burton Reveals a Secret, and the Chief Natural Philosopher Puts His Foot in It.

CHAPTER THREE

Wherein We Learn of a Strange Phenomenon, and Father Hears Sad Tidings Concerning an Old Acquaintance.

CHAPTER FOUR

A Digression, Wherein Jack Havock Passes a Troubled Hour Aboard His Brig, Sophronia, and Is Set Upon the Right Path by a True Friend.

CHAPTER FIVE

Of Our Voyage to King George’s Star and What We Found There

CHAPTER SIX

Of Shapes in the Fog and an Unexpected Meeting

CHAPTER SEVEN

In Which I Take Up Queer Lodgings and Come to Learn of the Fate of Reverend Cruet and His Mission to the Outer Planets

CHAPTER EIGHT

In Which I Present an Interesting Portion of My Sister’s Diary

CHAPTER NINE

In Which Your Hero Explores the Wreck of the SS New Jerusalem and Experiments with an Ingenious Yet Alarming System of Powered Flight

CHAPTER TEN

Of Cocoa and a Captive

CHAPTER ELEVEN

In Which, with Our Pocket Handkerchiefs at the Ready, We Return to Myrtle’s Account and Learn of a Tragic Event within the Storm of Moths

CHAPTER TWELVE

Wherein Charity and I Go Fishing and Make a Most Surprising Catch

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

On Myrtle’s Captivity in Mothstorm and Her Observations of the Snilth

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Our Voyage to the Moons of Jupiter, Where the City of Spooli Prepares Itself for Battle!

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Of Battles Both Small and Great

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Myrtle Tells More of Her Adventures in the Mothmaker’s Lair: of Curious Allies, Touching Reunions and a Desperate Flight

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Fond Reunions upon the Field of Battle, a Voyage to Mercury Is Proposed and a Gentleman of Our Acquaintance Receives a Kick up the Fundament, Which He Thoroughly Deserves

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

In Which I, Miss Myrtle Evangeline Mumby, Shall Take Up the Reins of This Narrative, Since Art Was Too Affected by the Sad News I Brought from Mothstorm to Observe Anything Which Happened During Our Voyage to Mercury

THE REAL CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Our Voyage to the Tin Moon, as Told by Art Mumby, with None of the Slushy Bits

CHAPTER NINETEEN

In Which We Contemplate Our Sad Predicament, but Are Saved from Despair by a Discovery Quite Strange and Wonderful

CHAPTER TWENTY

A Merry Christmas, One and All!

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

In Which the Reader Is Granted a Rare Glimpse inside One of Our Royal Family’s Country Seats and Witnesses Some Surprising Happenings Therein

EPILOGUE

By Miss Myrtle Mumby

ANOTHER EPILOGUE

In Which Many a Loose End Is Neatly Tied Up

Two Gentlemen of Devonshire

Acknowledgements

Footnotes

Also by the esteemed Messrs Reeve and Wyatt

Praise for the series

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