This is the original version of The Inventor's Son, the first book chronicling the adventures of young Ethan Stanwood, the son of a brilliant and eccentric inventor and scientist who lives in a Victorian London that might have been. When his father abruptly departs London one Monday morning, it is up to Ethan and his trusty android sidekick Sam to unravel the clues his father left so that he might eventually reunite with him. But there are terrible villains that will stop at nothing to gain his father's greatest invention, and Ethan finds there are very few people he can trust around him either. Will he be able to find his father before calamity finds him?

Jack the Ripper. The name strikes fear into the hearts of those living in Victorian London. Preying on innocent women, the mysterious murderer slinks along the cobblestoned streets undetected and disappears without a trace into the night. Diana Ashdown. Beautiful and adventurous, she never wanted to be married off and trapped in a marriage she didn’t choose. She longs to see the world and write about it, but in 1888, her opportunities to become a journalist are limited. Living in a lavish, gloomy home and married to the handsome, but cruel and coldly distant Lucian Ashdown, the Marquess of Aberaeron, Diana’s only job as a wife is to care for the children from the marquess' first marriage. But a chance encounter pulls her into the drama surrounding the murders in Whitechapel, and her investigative skills are put to use as she helps to unravel the deadly mysteries surrounding the Ripper. It isn’t long before Diana finds herself in the middle of the nightmare, with her own life on the line. As the murders continue and London is stirred into a panic, Diana realizes that the killer might be living closer than she’d ever imagined…even under the same roof. As she fights to save herself and London, Diana will encounter love, heartache, family, and blood. Lots and lots of blood.