Just One Damned Thing After Another

#1 Chronicles of St Marys

Jodi Taylor

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Night Shade Books
07 June 2016

Adventure; Science fiction; Fantasy; Historical fiction; Europe; Time Travel; Classic Steampunk

Series: Chronicles of St. Mary's

Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it time travel.

These historians investigate major historical events in contemporary time. And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets. The first thing you learn on the job at St. Mary's is that one wrong move and history will fight backsometimes in particularly nasty ways. But, as new recruit Madeleine Maxwell soon discovers, it's not only history they're fighting.

The Chronicles of St. Mary s tells the chaotic adventures of Max and her compatriots: Director Bairstow, Chief Leon Farrell, Mr. Markham, and many more as they travel through time, saving St. Mary's (too often by the very seat of their pants) and thwarting time-travelling terrorists, all the while leaving plenty of time for tea.

From eleventh-century London to World War I, from the Cretaceous Period to the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria, one thing is for sure: wherever the historians at St. Mary's go, chaos is sure to follow in their wake.

By: Jodi Taylor
Imprint: Night Shade Books
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9781597808682
ISBN 10: 1597808687
Series: Chronicles of St. Mary's
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 07 June 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jodi Taylor is, and always has been, a history nut. Her Chronicles of St. Mary s, a wild mix of history, adventure, comedy, romance, tragedy, and anything else the author could think of, began as a self-published book called Just One Damned Thing After Another. It s now a bestselling, wildly addictive series.

Reviews for Just One Damned Thing After Another (#1 Chronicles of St Marys)

A carnival ride through laughter and tears with a bit of time travel thrown in for spice . . . readers will be impatient for later installments. Publishers Weekly, starred review Taylor does a great job of setting up an appealing cast of characters in this new series opener, most especially the intrepid Max. There is plenty of humor, lots of action, and even a touch of romance. Library Journal Taylor has written a madcap and very funny hodgepodge of a novel whose pacing and humor is reminiscent of a Simon PeggEdgar Wright film. Booklist Danger, romance, history, financial and academic politics, hidden agendas, dangerous assignments, characters you care about, and the feeling that more is going on than you're actually reading about. I can hardly wait for book two. Just One Damned Thing After Another is a true page-turner. SFRevu Just One Damned Thing After Another is a novel that wastes no time getting to the good stuff . . . if character-driven stories are your cup of tea, then you ll find plenty to like. Max is hilarious, and I love her spirited and crafty nature. The Bibliosanctum What a mess. A glorious, glorious mess. Let no one ever say that Just One Damned Thing After Another is a book that fails to live up to its title . . . . These books are so perfectly bingeable. B&N Sci-fi Blog Max is a thoroughly hilarious and confident narrator and the sense of real danger, interspersed with copious amounts of tea, pervades the story. This is the kind of book that you walk away from believing in time travel. Manhattan Book Review If you re a fan of time travel, or if you re a fan of madcap British comedies, or better yet if you re a fan of both, then you ll want to check out The Chronicles of St. Mary s. Adventures Fantastic The book can t be put down, and I loved every minute. Seven books in the series have been published in Great Britain and this first book is now being published in the U.S. I look forward to reading them all. YA Lit Ramblings The writing was witty and fun, and kept making me smile page after page. . . . Max is a brilliant character, the kind of character you root for, faults and all. All Things Urban Fantasy Jodi Taylor doesn t do things the conventional way. Catherine Scott, Yorkshire Post