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Recently returned from war, young Edward Anton Bell-Fairfax is grateful to be taken under the wing of the Gentleman’s Speculative Society. At the Society, Edward soon learns that a secret world flourishes beneath the surface of London’s society, a world of wondrous and terrible inventions and devices used to tip the balance of power in a long-running game of high-stakes intrigue. Through his intensive training Edward Anton Bell-Fairfax, unwanted and lonely boy, becomes Edward Anton Bell-Fairfax, Victorian super-assassin, fleeing across the Turkish countryside in steam-powered coaches and honing his fighting skills against clockwork opponents. As Edward travels across Europe with a team of companions, all disguised as gentleman dandies on tour, he learns more about himself and the curious abilities he is gradually developing. He begins to wonder if there isn’t more going on than simple international intrigue, and if he and his companions are maybe part of a political and economic game stretching through the centuries. But, in the end, is it a game he can bring himself to play? Edward Anton Bell-Fairfax, the idealistic assassin. Perhaps the most dangerous man alive.
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8 primary books10 released booksThe Company is a 9-book series with 7 primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Clarissa Wild and Kage Baker.
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2 released booksThe Gentlemen's Speculative Society is a 5-book series first released in 2009 with contributions by Kage Baker and Kathleen Bartholomew.