Calumbra 23 - Book 1: The Maid
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Ongoing, First published Jul 11, 2016
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Delaware Tate is immortal due to a fluke in alchemy that her father performed on her in the Middle Ages. She goes throughout the centuries serving the family that bought her old land, the Blackwoods, as a maid who cares for the household. This time around in the generations of Blackwoods, she affects the lives of the two boys living there named Trinidad and Tavit. 
Spanning from the late Victorian Era of England into the early parts of World War II, Delaware is faced with many challenges including time, losing loved ones, a forest full of alchemically altered mutants, and the secret use of alchemy in the home. As she tries to live her simple life, the world of alchemy always seems to catch up with her, no matter what time period she's in.

Highest rank in sub-category:
16 in regeneration
7 in world war 1
741 in immortality
72 in england
293 in alchemy
80 in victorian era
539 in forest
363 in generation
937 in wars
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