Dawn’s Early Light (A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel) by Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris

Steampunk/Paranormal

From Goodreads:

Working for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, one sees innumerable technological wonders. But even veteran agents Braun and Books are unprepared for what the electrifying future holds…

After being ignominiously shipped out of England following their participation in the Janus affair, Braun and Books are ready to prove their worth as agents. But what starts as a simple mission in the States—intended to keep them out of trouble—suddenly turns into a scandalous and convoluted case that has connections reaching as far as Her Majesty the Queen.

Even with the help of two American agents from the Office of the Supernatural and the Metaphysical, Braun and Books have their work cut out for them as their chief suspect in a rash of nautical and aerial disasters is none other than Thomas Edison. Between the fantastic electric machines of Edison, the eccentricities of MoPO consultant Nikola Tesla, and the mysterious machinations of a new threat known only as the Maestro, they may find themselves in far worse danger than they ever have been in before.

I love Books And Braun and Dawn’s Early Light continues to showcase how different they are and how well they work together.  Ballantine and Morris threw in a new curve for the two in Dawn’s Early Light.  They have to go to America and work with two agents form the American Office of the Supernatural and the Metaphysical.  The American agents are the opposite of Books and Braun.  The male agent is a shoot from the seat of the pants person and the female is a librarian.  Watch for a little jealousy to play a part in the story.

Remember that kiss at the end of the last book.  Well it is also playing a part in the story.  Eliza want to know just what it meant but she is having a lot of trouble pinning Wellington down.  The scene where she finally gets him to talk is one of the best in the book.

Again there are several historical characters in the book.  Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla are part of the story.  They are not at all how we think of them.  Same intellect but very different personalities.  

Dawn’s Early Light sets up the next book in the series. .  Hold on to your hat for another wild ride.  Nothing is as it seems.  There is a very serious problem in the English government and the last chapter is full of surprises.

Ace published Dawn’s Early Light by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris in 2014.

Waiting on Wednesday, March 19, 2014

 

 Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature sponsored by Breaking the Spine.  It is a great way to share upcoming releases.

I am waiting on Dawn's Early Light: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris.  This is book #3 in the series.  We just finished discussing book #1 in our Science Fiction Book Club and I have already read book #2.

Book beginnings and Friday 56

I'm linking up with Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings and Freda's Voice for Page 56.

 Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Pick the closest book on your book stack and

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My choice this week is Phoenix Rising (A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel) by Pop Ballantine and Tee Morris. This was our Science Fiction Book Club selection for March. Everyone agreed it was a fun read.

Book Beginning:

"Wellington Thornhill Books, Esquire, had never heard an explosion that close before. Considering the ringing in his ears, he would most likely never hear another one like it again."

Page 56:

"Perhaps the worst was over. Perhaps she would actually make a fine assistant."

What Goodreads says:

Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade . . . and a librarian.

These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as corpses on the banks of the Thames, drained of blood and bone. Yet the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences—the Crown’s clandestine organization whose bailiwick is the strange and unsettling—will not allow its agents to investigate. Fearless and exceedingly lovely Eliza D. Braun, however, with her bulletproof corset and a disturbing fondness for dynamite, refuses to let the matter rest . . . and she’s prepared to drag her timorous new partner, Wellington Books, along with her into the perilous fray.

For a malevolent brotherhood is operating in the deepening London shadows, intent upon the enslavement of all Britons. And Books and Braun—he with his encyclopedic brain and she with her remarkable devices—must get to the twisted roots of a most nefarious plot . . . or see England fall to the Phoenix!

Book Beginnings on Friday October 5, 2012

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include  include the title and author so others know what you're reading.


My Book Beginnings this week is from a book I checked out at the library last week, Phoenix Rising, A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris.  I am 3/4 of the way through and love the entire concept.  Here is the first line:

"Willington Thornhill Books, Esquire, had never heard an explosion that close before."

With a male character named Books and a female character named Braun you can expect some really interesting interaction.  This is the first book in the series and I have book two checked out so I can start it as soon as I finish book one.  Here is Goodreads summary:

Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade . . . and a librarian.

These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as corpses on the banks of the Thames, drained of blood and bone. Yet the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences—the Crown’s clandestine organization whose bailiwick is the strange and unsettling—will not allow its agents to investigate. Fearless and exceedingly lovely Eliza D. Braun, however, with her bulletproof corset and a disturbing fondness for dynamite, refuses to let the matter rest . . . and she’s prepared to drag her timorous new partner, Wellington Books, along with her into the perilous fray.

For a malevolent brotherhood is operating in the deepening London shadows, intent upon the enslavement of all Britons. And Books and Braun—he with his encyclopedic brain and she with her remarkable devices—must get to the twisted roots of a most nefarious plot . . . or see England fall to the Phoenix!