Michael Skeet: 3 books

It is forbidden. Possession is a crime. Smugglers are executed. It is not a drug, nor a jewel, nor a precious metal. It is cloth. Cotton, to be specific, with colourful patterns painted by artisans in far-off India. Employing protectionist trade, European monarchs have...

En garde! Paris, in the 1680s. Dashing swordsmen compete for the favours of licentious women, and magic—God's Blessing—is strong enough that prayers really are answered. Into the City of Light comes Lise de Trouvaille, a young noblewoman of modest means and no apparent Blessing, searching...

WPaD presents: Strange Adventures in a Deviant Universe… - A scientist struggles to find a cure for Alzheimer's before the disease takes his mind… - Dolphins and whales work with their human trainers to terraform a new planet… - Artificial intelligence backfires on humanity...