Elysium Books: 4 books

Feisty teenage thief Maeko and her maybe-more-than-friend Chaff have scraped out an existence in Victorian London's gritty streets, but after a near-disastrous heist leads her to a mysterious clockwork cat and two dead bodies, she's thrust into a murder mystery that may cost her everything she holds...

And They All Look Just the Same is a dark fantasy short story that delves into the sinister power of mob mentality. The magician and his apprentice have to eat, but stopping in small poverty-stricken villages is always a last resort. These audiences are hard to please and quick to temper. He'll give this place a try and hope it isn't just the same as all the others.

Maeko hasn't been long away from the gritty London streets and she's already learning that her new "civilized" life comes with its own challenges. She has to dress proper, eat proper and be a proper lady. She can't even talk to a boy without a chaperone. She's got proper coming out of her...

Maeko only wants to protect the people she cares about. Somehow, that goal has taken her from living a life as a pickpocket on the streets of London trying to pay off her mum’s debt, to becoming deeply enmeshed in rising hostilities between the Pirates and the Literati. Now she has offers...