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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Bureau of Mysteries
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  • Steampunk Note: These stories contains resonant Victorian iconography, including chimney-sweeps, code-breakers and secret societies, while also heavily featuring the classic steampunk mix of steam power and advanced clockwork technology. The second story delves further into fantastical elements, focusing on magic and magical creatures.

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y separately published work icon Bureau of Mysteries H. J. Harper , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2012 Z1832235 2012 single work children's fiction children's adventure fantasy

'George Feather should have known the first rule of chimney sweeping: don't fall in. Especially in Little Obscurity, a city of clockwork creatures and steam-powered villains, because who knows where you'll end up?

'Now George has uncovered a trio of eccentric codebreakers calling themselves the Bureau of Mysteries, and they've requested the young chimney sweep's assistance to stop their rivals, the Clockwork Octopus Society.

'Together with the less-than-helpful Imp Spektor, George must battle sea monsters, ghosts and dragons while breaking some fiendishly hard codes.' (From the author's website.)
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y separately published work icon The Mechanomancers H. J. Harper , North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2012 Z1916506 2012 single work children's fiction children's fantasy 'Obscuria is in trouble! Join the Bureau Of Mysteries as they puzzle their way out of a Mechanomancer disaster.

George and Imp are back, this time alongside the adventurer Lord Periwinkle Tinkerton and his moody assistant, Lexica Quill. Together, they must battle the crafty Mechanomancers, ancient spirits that meld magic and technology to wreak havoc.

Fighting mechanical bulls, getting trapped in sewage dungeons with monster worms and confronting overgrown plant monsters, the team faces their biggest challenge yet.

And, as always, there are codes to crack and riddles along the way!' (Publisher's blurb)

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