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"First edition: InterMix Ebook Edition, November 2014"--Title page verso.

"First edition: InterMix Ebook Edition, November 2015"--Title page verso.

Asian steampunk at its finest with three new tales of adventure from bestselling author Jeannie LinEast meets West in a clash of gunpowder technology versus steam in an epic and richly-detailed series.Features three standalone stories:Big Trouble in Old ShanghaiThe Island of the Opium-EatersLove in the Time of EnginesBig Trouble in Old ShanghaiThe signs are there. Gangs roaming the streets, the very earth shaking beneath their feet. Ming-fen could tell something was coming to Old Shanghai, but she didn't know exactly what until the city erupted in fiery rebellion — with her brother caught on the wrong side. With the streets in turmoil, Ming-fen must rely on her fighting skills and a blue-eyed foreign devil to survive the day, and perhaps keep an already broken city from all-out civil war.The Island of the Opium-EatersSagara Satomi hasn't set foot on land since she was exiled from Nippon and cast adrift upon a ship owned by a notorious Chinese rebel. Rogue alchemist, Yang Hanzhu has spent years chasing dark rumors, plotting a course toward an unmarked island with a mysterious past. Will they uncover the island's secrets? Or be buried there along with them?Love in the Time of EnginesA prequel to Gunpowder Alchemy.Amidst rumors the West has developed powerful steam engines, the Ministry of Science seeks to recruit new talent. Golden boy Jin Zhi-fu meets mathematics prodigy Shi Anlei while attending the Academy, but doesn't realize his new friend is a woman disguised as a man. It's the only way she'd be allowed to take the imperial examination.When Anlei's hidden identity is discovered, Zhi-fu and Anlei are forced into a test more difficult than the exam — one that challenges the limits of duty, friendship, and love.