The Dark Victorian - Bones (Paperback)

In a mechanical and eldritch Victorian London, a black arts surgeon is ripping out the bones and organs of the healthy poor to transplant into the afflicted bodies of the wealthy. Anti-vivisectionists battle with medical doctors, medical doctors condemn supernatural practitioners, and amidst it all the Bone Stealer hunts for his most elusive prize yet: the skeleton of a woman over six feet tall. Secret Commission agents Art, the artificial ghost, and Jim Dastard, the animated skull, rush to stop him before another woman dies. And Art, only six days living after being resurrected to serve the Secret Commission, might be that woman.Experience female detective mysteries with a Victorian superheroine:

A gaslamp fantasy in a steampunk, paranormal London, follow the dangerous adventures of an uncanny female sleuth and her senior skull partner set in the same alternate world as Elizabeth Watasin's Victorian Gothic series, The Elle Black Penny Dreads.Enjoy a bonus Art Gallery:

The paperback version of Dark Victorian: Bones contains a small gallery of illustrations by Elizabeth Watasin.Learn more about this intriguing, steampunk lesbian series:

It is 1880; black arts sorcery had its time to grow in England and to battle the evils resulting, HRH Prince Albert's Secret Commission is born. Executed criminals are brought back to life without memories to fight the eldritch evils threatening, and among those resurrected is Artifice, a six foot tall strongwoman, Quaker, and artificial ghost, guided by her senior partner, Jim Dastard, the animated skull. Fresh from their victory over a re-animationist, they must face London's latest threat: the bodies of the poor are being found, fully clothed and completely whole of skin, yet with all their bones and organs ripped out.
What cruel and deadly black arts surgeon is afoot? And what desperate need has he for healthy bones and organs? Dubbed "The Bone Stealer" by alarmed newspapers, just as his victims' remains are pulled from the Thames, afflicted aristocrats-an arthritic viscount, a hunchback baron, and a clubbed-footed debutante-are suddenly free of disfigurement, claiming the intervention of heavenly miracles. While such nobility flee England to enjoy their newfound vitality, Art and Jim turn to London's streets for answers: The Black Market.
The Black Market, the notorious haven for outcast surgeons, sawbones, and corpse dealers. Driven underground by scientific men and the established medical profession, the Black Market's supernatural practitioners are the last hope for the poor, the dying, and the desperate. Art and Jim enter the Market and learn that the Bone Stealer has invited peers and wealthy patrons to an exclusive demonstration, one that will showcase his extraordinary bone transference technique. But can Art and Jim prevent the Bone Stealer from performing his demonstration and claiming his next victim? A victim who could be Art herself?The Dark Victorian, a unique take on lesbian historical fiction:

Set eighteen years before words like 'homosexual' and 'lesbian' had yet to be invented, the world of The Dark Victorian series continues the 19th century tradition of British female marriage and romance into a future where same-sex unions thrive. Into this world, Artifice is reborn and while only six days living, quickly learns-from her encounters with a madwoman journalist, a mysterious woman in black, and a French prostitute-where her heart lies...
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