"The Dark Deeps" (Hunchback A. 2) by Arthur Slade is scary steampunk. Brief precisely titled chapters shift viewpoints clearly, without confusion. Some, as the prologue with experimental "Yellow Boy" Griff, link, as to evil Dr. Hyde and icy lovely metal-hand red-haired Hakkandottir, and reappear ...
I'm only halfway through the book, but from what I understand it's a science/fantasy novel taking place in Great Britain during the 1800s. It follows the telling tale of a deformed hunchback from France (much like the Hunchback of Notre Dame) that has the ability to shapeshift. He is adopted by a...
Boy, this took me a while to get into it but I'm glad I stuck with it. A shape-shifting hunchback and an orphan are both agents for this powerful guy in Victorian London. They're trying to figure out why orphans are disappearing off the streets and what is going on behind the doors of the Young L...