Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess, Phil Foglio
Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess, Phil Foglio
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Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess

Author: Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 14 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/01/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

In a time when the Industrial Revolution has escalated into all-out warfare, Mad Science rules the world… with mixed success. With the help of Krosp, Emperor of All Cats, Agatha has escaped from the massive airship known as Castle Wulfenbach. After crashing their escape dirigible, Agatha and Krosp fall in with Master Payne’s Circus of Adventure, a traveling troupe of performers dedicated to staging Heterodyne shows — dramatizations of the exploits of Bill and Barry Heterodyne and their allies — who are unaware of Agatha’s connection to the Heterodyne line. Pursued by the ruthless Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, his handsome son Gil, and their minions (not to mention Othar Tryggvassen, Gentleman Adventurer), Agatha hides in plain sight among the circus folk, servicing their clanks and proving herself adept in performing the role of Lucrezia Mongfish, nemesis to — and later wife of — Barry Heterodyne. She also begins training under Zeetha, swordmistress and princess of the lost city of Skifander . Together, Agatha, Krosp, and the performers travel across the treacherous Wasteland of war-torn Europa, towards Mechanicsburg, and the ancestral home of the Heterodynes — Castle Heterodyne. But with many perils standing in her way — including Wulfenbach’s crack troops, mysterious Geisterdamen, savage Jägermonsters, and the fabled Storm King — it’s going to take more than a spark of Mad Science for Agatha to get through… From Phil and Kaja Foglio, creators of the multiple WCCA and Hugo Award-winning webcomic Girl Genius, comes Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess, a gaslamp fantasy filled to bursting with Adventure! Romance! And Mad Science!

About Phil Foglio

Phil Foglio is the co-creator of the Hugo, Eagle, and Eisner Award-nominated webcomic Girl Genius. He has contributed artwork to the collectable card game Magic: The Gathering, and has collaborated on the gaming comic strip What's New with Phil & Dixie.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ***Dave on June 04, 2012

Wow. Do I feel conflicted about this book. On the one hand, "Girl Genius" is one of my favorite webcomics, and Phil Foglio one of my favorite artists. I have various editions, soft- and hard-cover of the comic collections, etc. And this novel (covering vol. 4-6 of the comic) covers the story very, ve......more

Goodreads review by Sam on August 28, 2012

"It is here, with great reluctance, and a full awareness of how a chronicler should report a story without being the story itself, that one of your professors enters the narrative. Surely the tedious whys and wherefores of how he came to find himself in this particular prison at this particular time......more

Goodreads review by D.L. on December 23, 2022

Reread December 2022 In a steampunk fantasy world, people with the Spark can break (or at least seriously bend) the laws of physics with their inventions. Agatha Heterodyne is strong with the Spark, but unlike many, it hasn't driven her insane. 'Mad' and 'genius' are almost synonymous here. Sparky an......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on January 15, 2022

How is it that a novelization of a graphic novel I'd already read still compelled me at a fast clip through 461 pages? The romance between Agatha and Lars is so sweet and believable. He is a good first love. Sigh. Things are revealed here that aren't in the GNs. In book one, we learned Dupree's fami......more

Goodreads review by Kelli on April 08, 2012

Story: B- Narration: A- Quick Review: A fun audio although a surprisingly slow build-up to the climax and an overly large cast of characters sharing page time with Agatha made this book, while still entertaining and worth the listen, a bit of a letdown in comparison to the first audiobook in this serie......more