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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