"This ripping yarn is a colourful collision of steampunk, science fiction and alternate history… the type of fast-paced, cracking good read that takes you back to the joy of reading adventure stories as a child" The Sun
David Barnett is an author and award-winning journalist based in the north of England. His previous novels include Hinterland, Angelglass and popCULT!, and his work has appeared in the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, SFX magazine and others. www.davidbarnett.wordpress.com, @davidmbarnett.
Gideon Smith, a newly minted Hero of the Empire (following the
events of Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl), heads off to
Britain-controlled America to recover a lost dragon and its
clockwork-cyborg pilot in this fast-paced and pulpy steampunk
adventure. The mighty mechanical brass dragon Apep and its unique
pilot, Maria, a clockwork woman with the brain of a London shop
girl, were stolen away by turncoat Louis Cockayne and last sighted
south of the Mason-Dixon Wall. The search brings Gideon and his
crew to gritty San Antonio, Tex.—aka Steamtown—where ruthless
Thaddeus Pinch, “more machine than man,” has nefarious plans for
the dragon, as soon as he can learn how to control it. Meanwhile,
in Nyu Edo on the west coast of North America, a scientist prepares
a secret weapon to fight a runaway from Monster Island. Barnett’s
characters are drawn with broad strokes, and the many subplots make
for a bumpy pace, but there’s plenty to enjoy in this gleeful mix
of brass goggles, sword-wielding swashbucklers, Darwin, and
dinosaurs. -- Publishers Weekly
"...as rollicking a ride as the first ...The previous book was
jam-packed with characters, both real and the author’s own
creation, and adventure and this one continues at the same
pace. ..." Waterstones Bradford
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