Magnificent Devices Books in Order

Seventeen-year-old Claire Trevelyan struggles to support her London street gang after losing her family's fortune. Employment with a scientist offers possibilities, but rival gangs and her mother's plans for her marriage threaten the independence she is building.

In a steam-powered Victorian London, Claire Trevelyan wants to become an engineer rather than marry well. When her father loses the family fortune, she must put her technical skills to work among the city's street children.

Claire Trevelyan travels to the Americas by airship with her young charges and the Dunsmuir family, seeking distance from an unwanted marriage. Stolen technology, a pursuing suitor, storms, and air pirates put their journey in danger.

Sixteen-year-old twins Lizzie and Maggie face uncertain futures as their education draws them toward different paths. A disastrous encounter while picking pockets leads to discoveries about their birth family, testing their ties to the family they chose.

Claire Trevelyan's visit to Canada brings airship travel and society engagements, but a nighttime shooting turns the journey dangerous. Threats against her friends draw her into intrigue involving diamond mines and people with powerful political connections.

Claire Trevelyan's wedding plans are interrupted when Alice Chalmers becomes a fugitive in Venice. With an airship seized and navigator Jake imprisoned underwater, Claire and her companions must organize a rescue without the official assistance they need.

Maggie and Lizzie visit their maternal grandparents in Cornwall, where discoveries about their family raise difficult questions of belonging. The mystery surrounding their mother's death and threats from familiar enemies complicate Maggie's search for a secure future.

Claire and her companions follow the missing Gloria Meriwether-Astor despite her previous betrayal. The search disrupts plans for marriage, careers, and new airships, while lingering trauma and an unexpected revelation deepen the challenges facing their circle.

A Twelfth Night wedding celebration gathers Claire, Andrew, and their friends, but family expectations trouble Alice Chalmers. Gloria's visiting cousins introduce further complications when concerns about arms dealing intrude upon the festivities and the relationships surrounding them.

Gloria Meriwether-Astor hopes to turn her inherited arms business away from war between the Californias and the Texicans. Plans involving a train, mechanical weapons, and an air pirate complicate her efforts to prevent the conflict from escalating.

Gloria Meriwether-Astor seeks refuge in a remote canyon while trying to stop a gathering war. Marriage to riverboat captain Stan Fremont offers access to the Viceroy in San Francisco, but the strategy exposes her to new dangers.

Gloria Meriwether-Astor's marriage to Stan Fremont conflicts with the Viceroy's demands that she annul it and marry him to prevent war. As another rebellion threatens, Gloria faces choices that entangle political responsibility with her loyalty to her husband.

Eight months into marriage, Claire and Andrew try to work on a new invention while their household fills with relatives and visitors. A retreat aboard the Athena becomes dangerous when the airship is hijacked with Claire's brother aboard.

Claire and Andrew attend Lady Emilie Selwyn's first country house party, where Claire hopes to repair a damaged friendship. An unexpected guest's connection to an old crime threatens the gathering and draws her toward danger.

While searching for their missing father in the steampunk American West, Daisy and Freddie befriend a mail-order bride. Her murder interrupts their journey, and Daisy challenges the authorities' conclusion before an innocent suspect is hanged.

Daisy and Freddie Linden arrive in Santa Fe seeking their missing father, only to discover his connection with a vanished cancan dancer. Finding the woman becomes essential, but powerful local interests resist the sisters' questions.

When Nicholas disappears on his way to Eton with his tutor, Claire and Andrew confront enemies seeking their powerful invention. The family's search becomes a struggle to protect both a child and the Helios Membrane.

Maggie Polgarth buys a London cottage and moves her scientific studies closer to home, meeting an appealing new suitor. Jake's feelings for her complicate his determination to protect her from gangs seeking revenge against Claire.

Searching for their father in dangerous Bodie, Daisy and Freddie rely on a network of boardinghouse keepers. When a matchmaker is murdered at a ball, the sisters investigate with friends while confronting a deadly conspiracy.

Daisy and Freddie reach San Francisco de Asis while searching for their father, but an earthquake devastates the city. A missing engineer and an abducted ruler draw them into rescue efforts amid a threatened political coup.

Lewis Protheroe works as a private secretary while secretly owning a club that runs illegal flying races. A wager involving Lady Philomena Noakes, who competes in disguise, links his hidden enterprise with her struggle for independence.