Alexia has to travel to Egypt to investigate the God-Breaker Plague, but when your entourage includes Lord Maccon , Prudence (the infant inconvenience aka Soul Stealer), the Tunstells, their actin troupe and Madame LeFloux, then chaos is bound to follow.

The last in the Parasol Protectorate series and Carriger once again gives us spades of intrigue, plenty of action, a wonderful steampunk influenced setting and great character development. Plus a wonderful streak of humour keeping it all fun, even when events in the book take a turn for the darkside. The book also provides a good sense of resolution to many of the plot threads from the whole series and how Alexia & Connall's lives will develop.

When I finished the book I immediately thought it would be great to follow the adventures of Prudence as an adult and low and behold that will be heppening http://gailcarriger.livejournal.com/1... Yay!

Highly recommended to anyone who loves a good speculative Victorian romp.