• Heartless

  • The Parasol Protectorate, the Fourth
  • By: Gail Carriger
  • Narrated by: Emily Gray
  • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,987 ratings)

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By: Gail Carriger
Narrated by: Emily Gray
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Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past. Top that off with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement (shocking!), Madame Lefoux's latest mechanical invention, and a plague of zombie porcupines and Alexia barely has time to remember she happens to be eight months pregnant.

Will Alexia manage to determine who is trying to kill Queen Victoria before it is too late? Is it the vampires again or is there a traitor lurking about in wolf's clothing? And what, exactly, has taken up residence in Lord Akeldama's second best closet?

©2011 Hachette Audio (P)2011 Gail Carriger

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2010, Alex Award, Winner

2009, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, Winner

2013, Julia Verlanger Award, Winner

"Carriger delivers surprises with every book, and this one is no exception. With action, intrigue, and above all, proper manners, this excellent series will have broad appeal to readers of steampunk, urban fantasy, and paranormal and historical romance."—Library Journal on Heartless

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Another winner

Love this whole series and how it builds from series to series, not just book to book!

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Another great addition to the series

Can't wait to see what Alexia and the group get up to in the next book especially with the addition of Prudence. Makes me excited to also get to her set of books as well!

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How in Hades does she do it?

How the Hades does she weave such fantastical prose? Another knock out installment of the intelligent, engaging series.

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So much fun!

This entire series is so much fun. I listened to all of them back to back, I was so into them.
The narrator does a stellar job, so I'd highly recommend to read them as audio books.

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entertaining

so funny lol fast pace. sad for it to end but ready for the next.

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Love These Books!!

I read the first three in book form but it was so much more fun to listen to them perform. The author gave Lady Macon has such a distinct voice to begin with, it was divine to hear her voice come to life!

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Great

Loved it! I'd even pay for it with real money. Great series and excellent narration!!!!

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Can't wait for next

Carriger has created the most masterful steampunk world mashed up with supernatural. Can't wait for the next installment and find out what baby Prudence will bring to the mix.

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Innovative Steam Punk Fantasy.

Good story, great narrator. The main character is very relatable. The setting is a gorgeous recreation of Victorian England as it ought to have been.

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Excellent book

This was a great book. I love this series and each book gets better and better. This story was exciting and I never wanted to put it away. This audio book and those before it are so well done, just the best I have listened to. Each character has their own voice, I've never listed to an audio book done so well. I highly recommended this book.

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