Just One Damned Thing After Another: The Chronicles of St. Mary's Book One

The first book in the USA Today bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyones cup of tea. History is just one damned thing after another. Arnold Toynbee Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Marys Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just dont call it time travelthese historians investigate major historical events in contemporary time. And they arent 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. Marys is that one wrong move and history will fight backsometimes in particularly nasty ways. But, as new recruit Madeleine Maxwell soon discovers, its not only history theyre often fighting. The Chronicles of St. Marys tells the chaotic adventures of Max and her compatriotsDirector Bairstow, Chief Leon Farrell, Mr. Markham, and many moreas they travel through time, saving St. Marys (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. Marys go, chaos is sure to follow in their wake. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.