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3 | ''The Extraordinaires'' is a SteamPunk fantasy trilogy by Michael Pryor. |
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5 | Kingsley Ward is in dire trouble. Instead of thrilling the audience with his death-defying escapology, his first performance ends in disaster when his hidden wolfish nature bursts free. That same night, his father is abducted and his home ransacked. |
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7 | To find Dr Ward and redeem himself, Kingsley braves the Demimonde, the mysterious world that exists alongside our own. He is soon the target of two warring factions: immortal magicians whose diabolical plans will create mayhem at the 1908 Olympics, and the last Neanderthals, whose vengeance will wipe out humankind. |
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9 | Kingsley needs help. The famous author Rudyard Kipling will assist, but why is he so interested in Kingsley? Evadne Stephens, juggler and weaponsmith, is a Demimonde expert - but what does her mercurial nature conceal? |
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11 | Bizarre plots. Sinister magic. The extraordinary is about to happen . . . |
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13 | The novels in the trilogy are: |
14 | # ''The Extinction Gambit'' (2011) |
15 | # ''The Subterranean Stratagem'' |
16 | # ??? |
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18 | !!''The Extraordinaires'' contains examples of: |
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20 | * ActionGirl: Evadne Stephens |
21 | * AncientConspiracy: The Immortals |
22 | * ContemporaryCaveman: A secret society of Neanderthals has survived since the supposed extinction of their race, and is planning to MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight and reclaim the Earth as theirs. |
23 | * DyingRace: The Neanderthals |
24 | * EvilSorcerer: The Immortals |
25 | * GadgeteerGenius: Evadne Stephens is highly intelligent and hugely inventive. Amongst her other inventions are a [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual series of special spectacles that give her a range of vision based abilities]]. |
26 | * GirlfriendInCanada: In ''The Extinction Gambit'', Evadne claims to have a fiancee named Clarence and shows Kingsley a picture of him she keeps in a locket. At the end of the book, Evadne admits that Clarence does not exist and the picture is one she cut out of a postcard. |
27 | * GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Evadne Stephens has constructed a series of special spectacles that give her a range of vision based abilities. |
28 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Rudyard Kipling |
29 | * ImmortalityImmorality: The Immortals maintain their immortality by transferring their souls into the bodies of children, the younger the better. |
30 | * KillAllHumans: The goal of the Neanderthals. |
31 | * LadyOfAdventure: Evadne Stephens is from an extremely wealthy family, but she has run away from home because of the restrictions placed upon her ambitions. She is highly intelligent, [[GadgeteerGenius hugely inventive]] and she is also a fine juggler with an arresting stage presence. |
32 | * LandmarkingTheHiddenBase: The Immortals lair is under the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. (Being at the prime meridian makes the Observatory a location of mystic significance.) |
33 | * MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: In ''The Extinction Gambit'', the last surviving Neanderthals plan to travel back in time and wipe out ''homo sapiens'' before humans become numerous and powerful enough to challenge the Neanderthals. |
34 | * RaisedByWolves: Kingsley Ward. InUniverse he is the child raised by wolves on whom Creator/RudyardKipling based Mowgli in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. |
35 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Immortals |
36 | * SteamPunk |
37 | * TimeMachine: The Neanderthals construct a Film/TimeCop style device as part of their plan to MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight. The machine sends people into the past with belts that allow them to return to the present. |
38 | * {{Unobtainium}}: Phlogiston. It is a semi-magical substance that allows {{Time Machine}}s and other {{Steampunk}}-ish gadgets beyond the realm of Edwardian science to function. Control of the supply of phlogiston is a powerful bargaining chip. |
39 | * WriteBackToTheFuture: The Retrievers leave a message with a Demimonde law firm in 1666, to be delivered to a girl matching Evadne's description in 1908. |
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