Anne Steelyard: The Garden of Emptiness

From 2008 to 2011, Penny-Farthing Press published Anne Steelyard: The Garden of Emptiness, a three-issue miniseries written by Barbara Hambly. With lush painted covers by Glen Orbik and interior art by Alex Kosakowski and Claude St. Aubin, this steampunk adventure follows its resourceful heroine through an alternate 19th-century world of airships and intrigue. The series stands out for its elegant, atmospheric storytelling and its focus on a clever, independent female protagonist navigating a richly imagined globe-trotting mystery.