Penguin Books Australia

The main thing to remember is that there's no magic involved. No flying. No transforming into bats or rats either . . .

After a chance encounter with a mysterious woman one night, Cal's life is changed forever. He's been...

It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet.

Aleksandar Ferdinand, prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...

Strange things are happening in New York City. But for Moz, Zahler and Pearl, all that matters is their new band. As the city reels under a mysterious epidemic, They join up with a vampire lead singer and a drummer whose fractured mind can sense the coming darkness. Will their music stave off the end of the world? Or summon it?

Set against the gritty apocalypse that begins in Peeps, The Last Days is...

You don't think about us much, because we are invisible. Well, not exactly invisible. A lot of us have hair dyed in four colours, or wear five-inch platform sneakers, or carry enough metal in our skin that it's a hassle getting on an airplane. Quite visible, actually, come to think of it.

But we don't wear signs saying what we are. After all, if you knew what we were up to, we...