"In Which Magic Is Just Science That Is Not Yet Understood": Continuing from Chapter 1, wherein a London street urchin transforms from human to cat and back again, Xenia finds herself peppered with questions by Peregrine, the wannabe-Edison who's discovered her, and begins to tell her story.
Margaret Wander Bonanno was an American science fiction writer, ghost writer and small press publisher. She was born in New York City. She wrote seven Star Trek novels, several science fiction novels set in her own worlds, including The Others, a collaborative novel with Nichelle Nichols, a biography, and other works.