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Bookmark on DeliciousPublished: Oct. 02, 2011
Words: 100530 (approximate)
Language: English
Ebook short description
A steampunk time travel adventure about a girl, a pocket watch, Frankenstein’s monster, the Battle of Waterloo, and giant clockwork robots taking over London.Extended description
Elizabeth Barton longs to escape the endless round of social ritual that defines life in the village of Hartwich during the Regency of Prince George. Her neighbor William Carrington has lost the use of his arm in the Napoleonic Wars, and now must watch from the sidelines as the final act of that conflict unfolds without him. Both go through the motions of their lives, dutiful but dissatisfied, as the Battle of Waterloo looms on the horizon. When an anonymous benefactor sends Elizabeth a pocket watch that is more than what it seems, they are swept seventy years into the future.The London of 1885 is a steampunk dystopia where the streets are patrolled by Gatling-gun-wielding robots and the clockwork of the British Empire is slick with its subjects’ blood. This future has its roots on the field of Waterloo - in the secret weapon Wellington employed there - and it will come true in seventy years’ time unless Elizabeth and William find a way to stop it.
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victorian, steampunk, time travel, regency, timetravel, frankenstein, waterloo, napoleonAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Dale Burrell
on Nov. 14, 2011 :
As this is not my usual genre my expectations were not high (can't lose at 99c right?). However I was pleasantly surprised to get sucked into the book and then spat out the other end wanting more. As the book progresses the characters become real and the emotions rise such that you wish you could offer assistance in some way. It also has gritty realism, the decisions made are never easy and you empathise with what the characters are going through. Can't wait for the sequel.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
A Anderson
on Oct. 12, 2011 :
Yes this is a time travel novel. The characters are very well developed, the plot line goes smoothly, and the history elements are believable. In a very short time you develop a liking for the characters and don't want the book to end. The ending is well done and makes you want a book two.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)