Heartless
core novel 2011 Parasol Protectorate
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (36,529 ratings, collected 2026-09-23) |
| Page count | 400 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-316-12719-1 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
While dealing with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement, the latest mechanical invention of the inventor Madame Lefoux and a plague of zombie porcupines, Lady Alexia Maccon, the soulless preternatural married to the werewolf Lord Maccon, must save Queen Victoria from an angry ghost who wants her dead. The fourth book of the Parasol Protectorate, Gail Carriger's series of Alexia Tarabotti novels, followed by Timeless: a comedy of manners set in Victorian London, full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles and tea-drinking.
Where it sits
- Universe: Parasol Protectorate
- Series: Parasol Protectorate core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Gail Carriger
Notes
- From the series record (Parasol Protectorate): A completed five-book steampunk/urban fantasy comedy-of-manners set in an alternate Victorian England where vampires and werewolves are a regulated part of polite society, following Alexia Tarabotti, a soulless woman whose touch neutralises supernatural powers, across marriage, motherhood, and widening supernatural politics.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Parasol Protectorate: position 4 of 5: previous Blameless (2010) · next Timeless (2012)
Sources
- Soulless (novel) — Wikipedia
- Changeless (novel) — Wikipedia
- Blameless (novel) — Wikipedia
- Heartless (Carriger novel) — Wikipedia
- Timeless (Carriger novel) — Wikipedia
- Loveland Public Library catalogue (series descriptions)
- Hachette Book Group (publisher)
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