San Francisco. An army of metal men. The underworld. Can a secret agent dig deep enough to save the city and herself? In the aftermath of the search for Califia's gold, the island nation of California has been plunged into war, and Beatrix Philby-an agent of the crown-is charged with finding the fugitive industrialist who sparked the conflict. Bringing him to justice isn't so easy, however-not when her mission is complicated by a meddling reporter, a swarm of earthquakes, and a pair of American spies bent on capturing Beatrix and putting her on trial for murder. To add to her troubles, her twin sister makes a terrible mistake in her quest for artistic glory, putting herself and Beatrix in even greater danger.
All clues lead to a mysterious ranch on the San Francisco peninsula where an army of mechanical men are bent on destruction and where Beatrix must use all her wiles if she is going to save herself, her sister, and the whole nation from a subterranean menace. Attacked from all sides, can Beatrix defeat her enemies and restore her nation's security? Or will she be swallowed up by an enemy whose reach is deeper than she imagined?
If you like imaginative steampunk worlds, plucky heroines, and a plot with more threads than an elegant waistcoat, then you'll love Califia's Earth.
