Line #25 Literature/TheExtraordinaires


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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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