![]() There's a lot to like about The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter. Of course, things never quite go to plan. ![]() Here, too, she has financial problems, and unless she can earn a huge sum within a few months, she'll lose her home.Įnter a mysterious Lady from across the border, with an assignment that promises to be richly rewarded: find her missing brother (who has left the Kingdom with a circus now touring the Republic), and all Elizabeth's troubles will be solved. In the Republic, she leads a double life, running a detective agency dressed as a man (her supposed brother), while managing the home (a boat) and neighbours as herself. ![]() ![]() She has fled because she was about to be enslaved due to family debts, and being the (sex) slave of an evil old Lord did not appeal to her. The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter is a fast-paced adventure novel set in an alternative, steampunky Britain, where the industrial revolution has slowed to a crawl and a civil war has split the country into a puritan Republic in the North and a flamboyant Kingdom in the South.Įlizabeth Barnabus, our heroine, is a refugee from the Kingdom, living in the Republic. ![]()
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