Synopses & Reviews
In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, mad science rules the world — with mixed success.
In Agatha H and the Siege of Mechanicsburg, Agatha Heterodyne, the last of the Heterodyne family, has returned to her family's hereditary town with the might of the Wulfenbach Empire hot on her heels. The only thing holding off an outright attack is Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, the heir to the Empire, who has joined Agatha and her friends inside the great artificially intelligent fortress of Castle Heterodyne. Now they must race to repair the mechanisms that once allowed the Castle to defend Mechanicsburg, before the rest of Europa shows up to take all the revenge the mad Heterodynes of the past so richly earned.
From the Hugo Award-winning Girl Genius online comics comes this fourth book in the Agatha H. series, and like the previous three books, it will engage you in a unique world of adventure, romance, and mad science!
Review
Praise for Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius Series
"Filled with folgian touches — Borscht-belt comedy accents, things that go sproing, adorkable sentient machines, and laugh-a-minute slapstick — Agatha H. is a tremendously fun addition to the Girl Genius canon." Cory Doctorow, award-winning author of Little Brother and Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
"The Hugo Award-winning Foglios present their popular gaslight fantasy comic in novelized form, maintaining the zany energy, witty repartee, creative characterization, and innovative world-building of the original." Publisher's Weekly
"Simply said, Girl Genius has everything I look for in a story." Patrick Rothfuss, bestselling author of The Name of the Wind
". . . the Foglios appear to have been liberated by the [webcomics] format — and that sense of buoyant imagination and unbridled fun runs through every page." The Onion A.V. Club
About the Author
Phil and Kaja Foglio are the co-creators of the Hugo, Eagle, and Eisner Award-nominated webcomic Girl Genius. The two have contributed artwork to the collectable card game Magic: The Gathering, and have collaborated on the gaming comic strip What's New with Phil & Dixie.