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Girl Genius
Series · 9 books · 2001-2014

Books in series

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#1

Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank

2002

In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay is a student with trouble concentrating and rotten luck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually works, she seems destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant. But when the University is overthrown, a strange clank stalks the streets and it begins to look like Agatha might carry a spark of Mad Science after all.
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#6

Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite

2002

The climax to the second Girl Genius story-arc. The Wulfenbachs discover that Agatha is still alive and come to get her. Things are complicated by the fact that Agatha is currently possessed by the evil mastermind responsible for the Long War.
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#7

Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle

2001

Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returning home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately, it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea in mind. This collection represents an all-new installment of Phil & Kaja Foglio's award-winning gaslamp fantasy series and includes an extra four-page story in addition to the main plotline.
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#8

Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones

2009

Adventure Romance, Mad Science ! Agatha Hetrodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returned home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately, it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea, and the Castle is a hopeless death trap.
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#9

Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm

2010

Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha has finally made it to her ancestral castle, but so has a whole crowd of her friends - and enemies! Worse, the lives of two them are in danger, unless she can get the Castle's power source back up and running-quick!
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#10

Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse

2011

Adventure! Romance! Mad Science! Deep in the heart of the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne, Agatha discovers her mother's long-abandoned secret laboratory. But waiting inside is a relentless guardian that is not what it seems!
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#11

Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell

2012

Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Heroes and villains fight for control of Mechanicsburg, as Agatha finally repairs the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne.
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#12

Agatha Heterodyne and the Siege of Mechanicsburg

2013

Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha and her friends try to save her town from the vast armies of the Wulfenbach Empire in the latest volume of the Hugo Award-winning series.
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#13

Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City

2014

Adventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha and her friends try to save her town from the vast armies of the Wulfenbach Empire.

Authors

Phil Foglio
Phil Foglio
Author · 18 books

A popular science fiction fan artist in the 1970s, Phil Foglio began writing and drawing cartoons and comics professionally in the 1980s. His work includes Magic: The Gathering, Buck Godot, and the popular series of comics and novels, Girl Genius, co-written with his wife, Kaja Foglio. Awards: Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist (1977 and 1978) Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2009, 2010, 2011)

Kaja Foglio
Author · 10 books

An artist and comics author, Kaja Foglio writes the Hugo Award-winning Girl Genius comics with her husband, Phil Foglio. She has also produced illustrations for Magic: The Gathering and various fantasy novels. Awards: Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2009, 2010, 2011)

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