What if Death wore a pretty black dress?Everyone in Oldtown had heard talk of the Reapers. Even though nobody had seen one in years, everyone whispered the tales: flying from rooftop to rooftop, stealing the souls of the unwary, letting their undead beasts hunt through the streets for any member of the community too reckless or fearless to heed the nightly curfew ... mysterious and terrifying, most feared to even mention them by name, lest they appear and gather your spirit away.For 11-year-old Romany, her greatest fears were less about the mythological Reapers and more about surviving a miserable life inside of Oldtown's solitary orphanage. Her stark white hair made her an obvious target for the bullies, and the cruel nickname of "Ratgirl" had followed her for years. But if Rom thought her troubles were behind her, being struck dead by a bolt of lightning would only open the door to an entire life of new ones.First on the list? Finding out that she herself...is a Reaper.Second? Trying to defend herself against the only other Reaper she knows - who wants to kill her first!But now that she has her wish - that she has a special purpose - will her life be her own, or will a dark and transformative prophecy wrest the newfound control away from her?Find out in this first volume of Steampunk Tales, containing the novels "Reaper's Return", "The Morrow Stone", and "The City of the Dead."