Burton & Swinburne Books in Order

In an altered 1861 London, Richard Burton and poet Algernon Swinburne investigate attacks by Spring Heeled Jack and marauding werewolves. Their inquiries expose rival movements reshaping the empire and suggest that their world's history has gone wrong.

An abandoned brass automaton draws Burton and Swinburne into the theft of mysterious black diamonds. Pursuing clues through haunted houses and secretive institutions, they confront a conspiracy capable of destabilizing the British Empire and its altered timeline.

With history veering toward global war, Burton and Swinburne undertake an expedition through a distorted chain of cause and effect. Their quest connects Africa's Mountains of the Moon with London's past and the time-altering menace of Spring Heeled Jack.

A dead mystic's guidance has helped shape a peaceful alternate British Empire, but now he refuses to communicate. As prominent scientists and engineers disappear, newly knighted Richard Burton investigates a crisis threatening a major diplomatic alliance.

A scientific experiment brings red snow and Spring Heeled Jack to London, where the apparition hunts Burton. Disturbing visions of other realities push Burton and his companions toward a journey into a future ruled by a despotic intelligence.

Knowledge brought back from the future falls into the hands of Britain's ruling elite. As technological power enables persecution and entrenched privilege, Burton and Swinburne become hunted rebels seeking to overthrow an apparently indestructible ruler.