. . . . . . . . . . . . "This new steampunk series opens in 1880, when women aren't allowed to vote, much less dress up in a costume and fight crime. But twenty year-old socialite Sarah Stanton still dreams of becoming a hero. Her opportunity arrives in tragedy when the leader of the Society of Paragons, New York's greatest team of gentlemen adventurers, is murdered right before her eyes. To uncover the truth behind the assassination, Sarah joins forces with the amazing mechanical man known as The Automaton. Together they unmask a conspiracy at the heart of the Paragons that reveals the world of heroes and high-society is built on a crumbling foundation of greed and lies. When Sarah comes face to face with the megalomaniacal villain behind the murder, she must discover if she has the courage to sacrifice her life of privilege and save her clockwork friend."@en . . . "Fantasy fiction, American" . "Fiction" . . . . "Alternative histories (Fiction), American" . "Fantasy fiction"@en . "Steampunk fiction"@en . "Steampunk fiction" . "Fantasy fiction" . . "Steampunk fiction, American" . "The falling machine"@en . "The falling machine" . . . "In an alternate 1880 New York City nineteen-year-old socialite Sarah Stanton dreams of becoming one of the Paragons, the city's greatest team of gentlemen superheroes. She seizes an opportunity in tragedy when Dennis Darby, her mentor and leader of the Paragons, is murdered and she investigates the circumstances behind his death--only to discover a conspiracy among the heroes." . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . "Adventure stories, American" . . . "Science fiction." . . "New York (N.Y.)" . . "FICTION / General" . . . . "FICTION / Science Fiction / Steampunk." . .