Alice Payne Arrives

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It's 1788 and Alice Payne is the notorious highway robber, the Holy Ghost. Aided by her trusty automaton, Laverna, the Holy Ghost is feared by all who own a heavy purse. It's 1889 and Major Prudence Zuniga is once again attempting to change history - to save history - but seventy attempts later she's still no closer to her goal. It's 2016 and... well, the less said about 2016 the better! But in 2020 the Farmers and the Guides are locked in battle; time is their battleground, and the world is their prize. Only something new can change the course of the war. Or someone new. Little did they know, but they've all been waiting until Alice Payne arrives.

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"Though Heartfield's scenes brim with excitement, the protagonists ground the story."--Booklist

Praise for Kate Heartfield

"Heartfield captures an aesthetic edge that is sharp as death." --Speculating Canada

Author Bio

Kate Heartfield is a former newspaper editor and columnist in Ottawa, Canada. Her first novel, a historical fantasy called Armed in Her Fashion, is coming from ChiZine Publications in May 2018. Spring 2018 will also see the publication of her interactive novel for Choice of Games, inspired by the Canterbury Tales. Her short fiction has appeared in several magazines and anthologies, including Strange Horizons, Escape Pod and Lackington's. Her novella "The Course of True Love" was published by Abaddon Books in 2016, as part of the collection Monstrous Little Voices: New Tales from Shakespeare's Fantasy World. Her website is heartfieldfiction.com and she tweets at @kateheartfield.