New York: Orbit / Hachette, (2011). SIGNED first edition - The 4th book in Parasol Protectorate series featuring Lady Alexia Maccon - books which combine Victorian romance, screwball comedy and alternate history. "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, Madame Lefoux's latest mechanical invention, and a plague of zombie porcupines, Alexia barely has time to remember she happens to be eight months pregnant." SIGNED on the title page and uncommon thus. 374 pp plus extras. ISBN: 978-0316127196.