
"A touch of power can change the world."
In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair, a brilliant young inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass, making a home for the Touched, while fighting the forces of… well, pretty much all the forces — to make room for those whom history as we know it has no place.
Amalia True

Penance Adair

Lavinia Bidlow

Hugo Swann

Augustus 'Augie' Bidlow

Lord Gilbert Massen

Annie 'Bonfire' Carbey

Maladie

Dr. Horatio Cousens

Lucy Best

Myrtle Haplisch

Primrose Chattoway

Harriet Kaur

Frank Mundi

Dr. Edmund Hague

Désirée Blodgett

Declan 'Beggar King' Orrun
