Nineteenth century London is the center of a vast British
Empire. Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over
three-quarters of the known world--including the East Coast of
America, following the failed revolution of 1775.
London might as well be a world away from Sandsend, a tiny
village on the Yorkshire coast. Gideon Smith dreams of the
adventure promised him by the lurid tales of Captain Lucian
Trigger, the Hero of the Empire, told in Gideon's favorite "penny
dreadful." When Gideon's father is lost at sea in highly mysterious
circumstances Gideon is convinced that supernatural forces are at
work. Deciding only Captain Lucian Trigger himself can aid him,
Gideon sets off for London. On the way he rescues the mysterious
mechanical girl Maria from a tumbledown house of shadows and
iniquities. Together they make for London, where Gideon finally
meets Captain Trigger.
But Trigger is little more than an aging fraud, providing cover
for the covert activities of his lover, Dr. John Reed, a privateer
and sometime agent of the British Crown. Looking for heroes but
finding only frauds and crooks, it falls to Gideon to step up to
the plate and attempt to save the day...but can a humble fisherman
really become the true Hero of the Empire?
David Barnett's Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl is a
fantastical steampunk fable set against an alternate historical
backdrop: the ultimate Victoriana/steampunk mash-up
General
Imprint: |
Tor Books/ Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2013 |
First published: |
September 2013 |
Authors: |
David Barnett
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7653-3424-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Fantasy
|
LSN: |
0-7653-3424-0 |
Barcode: |
9780765334244 |
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