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Prudence, Gail Carriger

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Prudence

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Gail Carriger

The Custard Protocol

Introducing the Custard Protocol series, in which Alexia Maccon's daughter Prudence travels to India on behalf of Queen, country ... and the perfect pot of tea. When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ("Rue" to her friends) is bequeathed an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female under similar circumstances would do -- she christens it the Spotted Custard and floats off to India. Soon, she stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis (and an embarrassing lack of bloomers), Rue must rely on her good breeding -- and her metanatural abilities -- to get to the bottom of it all ..

Intro; TITLE PAGE; WELCOME; CHAPTER ONE: The Sacred Snuff Box; CHAPTER TWO: For Queen and Custard; CHAPTER THREE: Rue's Problem with Redheads; CHAPTER FOUR: A Floating Custard; CHAPTER FIVE: The Maltese Tower; CHAPTER SIX: A Lioness in a Teahouse; CHAPTER SEVEN: Honeysuckle Isinglass's Secrets Revealed; CHAPTER EIGHT: In Which Percy Encounters a Pepper; CHAPTER NINE: Rakshasas; CHAPTER TEN: Vanara; CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Shape of Things to Come; CHAPTER TWELVE: Hijacking an Elephant Head; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Monkey Hijinks; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Ladybugs to the RescueCHAPTER FIFTEEN: Weremonkeys in Dressing-GownsCHAPTER SIXTEEN: In Which Tea Solves Everything; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; BY GAIL CARRIGER; ORBIT NEWSLETTER; TABLE OF CONTENTS; COPYRIGHT

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