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    Tavara Tinker: Sounds of Time
    Tavara Tinker: Sounds of Time
    Tavara Tinker: Sounds of Time
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    Tavara Tinker: Sounds of Time

    By Sharon Skinner and Bob Nelson

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    Faced with a threat half a world away, Tavara finds herself confronting an adversary that has even gotten the attention of Queen Victoria. Tavara must race against the Black Airship to save the lives of countless innocent people... and Johnathan as well. The second book of the Tavara Tinker series, set in a steampunk themed alternate history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrick Cave Books
    Release dateSep 1, 2014
    ISBN9781938190193
    Tavara Tinker: Sounds of Time
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    Sharon Skinner

    Sharon Skinner holds a B.A. In English, an M.A. in Creative Writing and a Poetic License. She has worked as a landscaper, a cashier, a maid, a waitress, a communications specialist, a videographer, a technical writer, a project management consultant and a biomedical field service engineer and served aboard the USS Jason as one of the first women assigned to a US Navy ship. Her poetry and fiction have been published in myriad local, national and international publications. Sharon is an active member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and serves as the Assistant Regional Advisor for SCBWI AZ.Her recent publishing credits include In Case You Didn’t hear Me the First Time (2010), The Healer’s Legacy (2012), The Nelig Stones (2013), Mirabella and the Faded Phantom (March 2014). The highly anticipated sequel to The Healer’s Legacy, The Matriarch’s Devise, is due for release in Fall 2015.

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      Tavara Tinker - Sharon Skinner

      Copyright © 2014 Sharon A Skinner & Bob Nelson

      ISBN-10 978-1-938190-19-3

      ISBN-13 193819019X

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be

      reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in

      any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording

      or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the

      authors.

      Printed in the United States of America.

      The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any

      similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and

      not intended by the author.

      Cover Illustration by Thitipon Dicruen (XRIC7)

      Brick Cave Media

      brickcavebooks.com

      2014

      Also available from brickcavebooks.com

      Other Tavara Tinker Installments

      Le Tour de Paris

      By Sharon Skinner

      In Case You Didn’t Hear Me the First Time

      The Healer’s Legacy

      The Nelig Stones

      Mirabella & the Faded Phantom

      The Matriarch’s Devise*

      * Forthcoming

      By Bob Nelson

      Spectrum

      The Sounds of Time

      Bob Nelson & Sharon Skinner

      Tavara surveyed the gallery as she waited to be announced. The solid doors at the end of the room appeared rather plain, especially contrasted with all the waiting people dressed in their lace and satin finery and ribbon-encrusted uniforms. Most of these people would never see the Queen, yet they waited, hopeful, if not always patient.

      A young woman, her blonde hair wound in a tight bun, stole a disapproving glance at Tavara. These are the people who think they rule Britannia, Tavara thought, smiling casually at the woman, as if she were completely at home at Buckingham palace awaiting an audience with the Queen of England. I am most definitely out of my element. She arranged her skirts to steady her hands—the amount of lace and ruching on the garment had seemed excessive until she’d arrived at the palace and seen what the other women were wearing—and wondered once more why she had been summoned here.

      She considered the velvet-covered benches that lined the walls, but decided against attempting to sit in the bustled skirt that helped her to fit into fashionable society. Her dress wasn’t exactly appropriate for presentation to the Queen, the train fell yards short from what it should be, but she’d been summoned on short notice, so either she would be forgiven by the court, or not. She wasn’t sure she cared either way.

      The heavy door suddenly swung open, revealing a uniformed

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