3.5
The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch
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A new short story from Garth Nix, best-selling author of the Old Kingdom series.
In this raucous, steampunk tale a sacred order of scientist nuns battle against vicious Invaders from Mars and their murderous machines in an ongoing conflict that has lasted centuries.
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About Garth Nix
Garth Nix has been a full-time writer since 2001. He has worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. His books include the award-winning young adult fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel, Goldenhand, and Angelmage; the dystopian novel Shade's Children; the space opera A Confusion of Princes; and a Regency romance with magic, Newt's Emerald. His fantasy novels for children include The Ragwitch; the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence; The Keys to the Kingdom series; Frogkisser!; the Troubletwisters series; Spirit Animals: Blood Ties; Have Sword, Will Travel and Let Sleeping Dragons Lie (with Sean Williams). He lives in a Sydney beach suburb with his wife and two children.
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