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The descriptions of the capital city of Myrcnia, Caligo, are excellent.

I loved the magic, the struggle between science and magic, and the political intrigue that develops when the Emperor of Kalishka pays a state visit to Myrncnia. The royal family rules by divine right with the aid of their magical skills. Then there’s the headstrong Princess Sibylla, a distant-heir to the throne of Myrcnia with the power of spinning ink from her fingernails and bioluminescence. (As a physician who’s dissected cadavers, I know the importance of those dissections in the making of a doctor, how difficult cadavers are to obtain even today-I shared mine with four other medical students-and how much modern medicine owes to the grave-robbers of yore.) There’s his junior side-kick, Ada, who he calls Ghostofmary, an enchanting too-worldly-for-her-age child. By Wendy Trimboli, Alicia Zaloga Detail With a murderer on the loose, it is up to an enlightened bodysnatcher and a rebellious princess to save the city, in this wonderfully inventive Victorian-tinged fantasy noir.'Man of Science' Roger Weathersby scraps out a risky living digging up bodies for medical schools. Roger Weathersby scrapes out a living by robbing graves to give to medical schools while dreaming of becoming a doctor. It’s a delight to read with an original plot, inventive vocabulary, unique world-building, and compelling characters. The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga is a gothic fantasy with Victorian England overtones, Jack-the-Ripper type murders, political intrigue, a bit of romance, and some magic tossed into the mix.