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Pascale Auber & the Ruritanian Riddle

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Reads 10,078
Votes 546
Parts 84
Time 3h 38m

When Pascale Auber is forced out of the airship of the evil Dr. Simpelstur, she finds herself rescued by a handsome Ruritanian diplomat, Theo von Hentzau. Pascale soon realizes that Theo is hiding something - something to do with the evil doctor, the equally perfidious Archduke of Ruritania, and a string of anarchist bombings that have rocked the capital on the eve of the royal wedding.

Adventure, romance, mystery, airships, fraternal twins, troublesome schoolchildren, an opera diva, an absent-minded professor, and a number of suspicious explosions await!

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