The author's official website also lists a Hungarian language edition by Könyvmolyképző and an Italian language edition by Baldini & Castoldi with "unknown" publication dates. 2011, Germany, Blanvalet ISBN 978-9-0, Pub date, Paperback (in German as Glühende Dunkelheit ("Glowing Darkness") translated by Anita Nirschl).Alexia fights against vampire in London) translated by Yasuko Kawano） 2011, France, Orbit France/Calmann Levy ISBN 978-2-36051-026-9, Pub date 12 January 2011, Paperback (in French as Sans Âme).2010, Spain, Versátil Ediciones ISBN 978-84-9, Pub date 2 November 2010, Paperback (in Spanish as Sin Alma).2009, USA, Orbit Books ISBN 3-4, Pub date 7 October 2009, Paperback.Mabel Dair: actress and one of Countess Nadasdy's drones.Felicity Loontwill: Alexia's half-sister.Evylin Loontwill: Alexia's younger half-sister.Lady Loontwill: Alexia's strict mother has two daughters with her current husband.Caedes: vampire in Countess Nadasdy's Hive. Lord Ambrose: member of the Westminster Hive.Countess Nadasdy: queen vampire of the Westminster Hive.Ormond Tunstell: claviger to Lord Maccon.Squire Loontwill: Alexia's step-father.Siemons: head of the Hypocras Club, a scientist who will stop at nothing to eradicate the supernaturals. MacDougall: an American scientist researching the soul he had a crush on Alexia. Lord Akeldama: an old and flamboyant vampire, Alexia's friend.Professor Randolph Lyall : Conall's beta and friend, also a werewolf.(the Bureau of Unnatural Registry - which keeps tabs on vampires and werewolves in society) a werewolf, Alpha of his pack, who has feelings for Alexia. Lord Conall Maccon: Earl of Woolsey and member of the B.U.R.She is adept in the art of parasol combat. This enables her to turn supernatural beings "human" as long as she is touching them. She has inherited the unusual condition of being a 'soulless' or 'preternatural'. Alexia Tarabotti: The main character she is a spinster, born to an Italian father, Alessandro Tarabotti, and a British mother.She must solve the mystery, all while maintaining proper decorum and a delicate social balance. As disappearances in the vampire population of London's high society increase, Alexia becomes the prime suspect. Queen Victoria sends an investigator, Lord Maccon, who is himself a werewolf. The fact that she is "soulless" leaves her unaffected by the powers of supernatural beings which only further complicates her life when she accidentally kills a vampire that had attacked her. Alexia Tarabotti is a woman with several critical problems: she is still searching for a husband, her late Italian father complicates her social standing in a rigid class system, and she has no soul. Soulless is set in an alternate history version of Victorian era Britain where werewolves and vampires are accepted as functioning members of society. A manga adaptation of the first 3 volumes of the novel was published by Yen Press in July 2011. A finalist for several literary awards and a recipient of the 2010 Alex Award, Soulless was declared by Publishers Weekly to be one of the "Best Books of 2009". First published in the United States on Octoby Orbit Books, Soulless is the first book in the five-novel "The Parasol Protectorate" series, each featuring Alexia Tarabotti, a woman without a soul, as its lead character. Soulless is a steampunk paranormal romance novel by Gail Carriger.
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