London, 1900. The new century is arriving. Not everyone intends to let it.

The world has changed faster than anyone anticipated — largely thanks to Gordon Periwinkle and Professor Hamble Blaise. But progress, it turns out, has made enemies. When Gordon allowed his half-sister to step past him and claim the Moon for humanity rather than mankind, old forces that had been working in the shadows for years took note.

The Brotherhood of Man has decided the shadows no longer suit them. And the history they've been quietly shaping for generations is darker, stranger, and more far-reaching than anyone suspected.

Volume Five unfolds as a collection of interconnected stories — each one a piece of a puzzle that reframes everything that came before. Discover the truth behind Queen Victoria's secret substitution. Learn the origins of Count Von Greckle. Witness the geopolitical fallout from the introduction of the first teabag.

Eccentric at his most ambitious — and his most surprising.

Read this before Volume Six. The payoff depends on it.

London, 1900. The new century is arriving. Not everyone intends to let it.

The world has changed faster than anyone anticipated — largely thanks to Gordon Periwinkle and Professor Hamble Blaise. But progress, it turns out, has made enemies. When Gordon allowed his half-sister to step past him and claim the Moon for humanity rather than mankind, old forces that had been working in the shadows for years took note.

The Brotherhood of Man has decided the shadows no longer suit them. And the history they've been quietly shaping for generations is darker, stranger, and more far-reaching than anyone suspected.

Volume Five unfolds as a collection of interconnected stories — each one a piece of a puzzle that reframes everything that came before. Discover the truth behind Queen Victoria's secret substitution. Learn the origins of Count Von Greckle. Witness the geopolitical fallout from the introduction of the first teabag.

Eccentric at his most ambitious — and his most surprising.

Read this before Volume Six. The payoff depends on it.