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Line 1: {{work}} A [[Fantasy]] series by [[Charles Stross]], about a journalist named Miriam Beckstein who finds an [[Alternate Universe]] stuck in [[Medieval Stasis]] where her long-lost family are powerful traders who can travel between dimensions. There are six books so far:{{when}} ''The Family Trade'' (2004), ''The Hidden Family'' (2005), ''The Clan Corporate'' (2006), ''The Merchants' War'' (2007), ''The Revolution Business'' (2009), and ''The Trade of Queens'' (2010). The series was originally planned as four very long books, but the publisher got cold feet about the length of the books and insisted [[Executive Meddling\|they be broken up into multiple volumes]]. The six books published so far started out as the first two books of the original plan; the sequels [[Word of God\|may or may not eventually be written]]. {{~~tropelist~~franchisetropes}} * [[Action Mom]] (Miriam's "adopted mom" has a shotgun hidden in her wheelchair. Seriously.) * [[Alternate History]] (each AU has a place where they diverged from normal Earth) Line 64: {{quote\|{{spoiler\|Overhead without any fuss, the bombers were going out.}}}} On a lighter note, Miriam's friend who happens to have some legal training usually has some words of wisdom, often a bit off kilter, which she prefaces with [[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas\|"As your attorney I advise you to..."]] To ''[[The Pirates Ofof Penzance]]'': The general was the perfect model of a modern military man * [[Squee]] (Executed and named hilariously in The Merchants' War. ("''SQUUEEEEEEEE!''")) * [[Schizo-Tech]]: The Clan create schizo tech wherever they go. In addition, New Britain has minor elements of it all by itself. Line 81: [[Category:Science Fiction Literature]] [[Category:The Merchant Princes Series]] [[Category:Literature of the 2000s]] [[Category:Literature of the 2010s]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Merchant Princes Series, The}} [[Category:Literature]]