Prudence

By: Gail Carriger

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

From NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger comes a witty adventure about a young woman with rare supernatural abilities travels to India for a spot of tea and adventure and finds she's bitten off more than she can chew.

When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ("Rue" to her friends) is bequeathed an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female under similar circumstances would do -- she christens it the Spotted Custard and floats off to India.

Soon, she stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis (and an embarrassing lack of bloomers), Rue must rely on her good breeding -- and her metanatural abilities -- to get to the bottom of it all. . .

Critic reviews

"Soulless has all the delicate charm of a Victorian parasol, and all the wicked force of a Victorian parasol secretly weighted with brass shot and expertly wielded. Ravishing."—Lev Grossman

"The world of Timeless is a unique recipe of steampunk and fantasy spiced with light sprinkling of romance. Its setting is rich for characters to romp about in, but the unbridled playfulness of the language and dialogue shines brightest."—The Miami Herald

Gail does it again, great new series!

Fabulous again! As much as I love Moira Quirk I wish you had continued this series with Emily Gray. She was fantastic performing the Parasol Protectorate Series. She had the pronunciations of the character names down and was the voice of the Maccon's.

Moira Quirk did a great job.

Moira Quirk is a wonderful narrator. She did pronounce some of the names a little differently than the narrator in the previous series which is something the production team should have been on top of before recording. I realize this is a sticking point for some of the previous reviewers but take that away and it was still a very fun listen. Thank you Ms. Carriger for another delightfully whimsical story.

Great story. Terrible Narrator.

Where the narrator for the Parasol Protectorate sailed the Ether.. Moira Quick's narrative dirigible crashed and burned. The vampire characters sounded like over exaggerated fops. All of the 'dandys' sounded awful. Alexia sounded like her mother... I wanted to like the book. I adored the story.. I just couldn't get past the terrible narration. :( I'll be buying the hard copy books as they use the same person for this and the prequel series. :(

Excellent

The book is Well written and well read. It was exciting and humorous. Enjoyed the story immensely.

voice

love the story but not the narrator. the narrator needed to check previous works. The narrator doing the Parsol Protectorate did much better.