The first novel based on the Hugo Award-winning webcomic! Europe is ruled by the Sparks, dynasties of mad scientists ruling over the hapless population with their bizarre inventions and unchecked power. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, a pretty, young student named Agatha Clay seems to have nothing but bad luck. Agatha seems destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant. But when the University is overthrown by the ruthless tyrant Baron Klaus Wulfenbach, Agatha finds herself a prisoner - and it begins to look like she might carry a spark of Mad Science after all!
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