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"The Foundation of Empire is Art & Science. Remove them or Degrade them, & the Empire is No More." ~ William Blake (1757-1827), English poet
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Blood and iron
by Jon Sprunk
At the mercy of the very people he has been sent to kill, Horace, a soldier from the west, is forced into slavery until the Akeshians, discovering his talent for sorcery, thrust him into the queen's court where he seeks a path to free himself and the empire's caste of slaves. Original.
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The weirdness : a novel
by Jeremy P. Bushnell
To finally realize his dream of becoming a published author, 30-year-old Billy Ridgeway makes a deal with the Devil that sends him on a wild chase through New York City in search of a cat-shaped statue with magical powers, which he must steal from the most powerful warlock in the Eastern U.S. Original.
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| Dreamer's Pool: A Blackthorn & Grim Novel by Juliet MarillierCeltic Fantasy. To avoid execution, imprisoned healer Blackthorn strikes a bargain with one of the fae: her freedom in exchange for seven years' service in the kingdom of Dalriada. Accompanied by fellow ex-convict Grim, Blackthorn travels to Winterfalls, the seat of Crown Prince Oran's royal court, where she soon discovers that something's rotten in Dalriada. Dreamer's Pool is the 1st book in the Blackthorn & Grim series, which follows a pair of flawed but sympathetic protagonists on adventures inspired by Irish mythology. |
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The fell sword
by Miles Cameron
After an Emperor is deposed, the Red Knight must negotiate the political, magical, real and romantic battlefields all at once in a country that is in the middle of a revolt where victory will be hard won. Original. 25,000 first printing.
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| The Horns of Ruin by Tim AkersSteampunk. The city of Ash stands on the site of a long-ago battle between the Feyr and the Titans. Since that final, fatal clash, the city's three founding brothers -- Morgan, Alexander, and Amon -- have ascended to the status of gods as their respective cults vie for supremacy. Now Eva Forge, the last Paladin of Morgan, must protect her order's Fratriarch from a plot involving the rival Amonites even as events cause her to question her loyalties and her place in a world where technology is slowly but inevitably replacing magic. |
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| Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David BarnettSteampunk. In an alternate world where the American Colonies lost their bid for independence, fisherman's son Gideon Smith spends his days working aboard a clockwork boat and reading about the exploits of his hero, Captain Lucian Trigger. When Gideon's father disappears under strange and supernatural circumstances, he travels to London to consult the Captain. Along the way, he meets mechanical girl Maria, the first of several companions who will accompany him on a wild ride around the world and back again. If you enjoy this rollicking steampunk adventure, check out its sequel, Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon. |
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The girl with the windup heart
by Kady Cross
An ultimate showdown in 1897 London is marked by Mila's pursuit of independence after her heart is broken by Jack Dandy, Griffin King's torture by the Machinist and Finley's life-risking venture into the Aether. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Forever Engine
by Frank Chadwick
A former special ops soldier, forced back in time, works with an aging physicist to save the universe from a machine that could destroy it in this steampunk novel from the creator of the role playing game Space: 1889. Original.
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| Fiendish Schemes by K.W. JeterSteampunk. Author K.W. Jeter's 1987 novel Infernal Devices helped put steampunk on the literary map; this sequel returns to Victorian London and re-introduces George Dower, the son of a brilliant inventor. Broke after gambling away the money he made by selling his late father's work to the Royal Society, George's dim prospects improve when he learns that powerful individuals are searching for one of his dad's inventions, the "Vox Universalis," a near-legendary translation machine. Complicating George's quest, however, is a steam-powered Prime Minister, a ruthless cabal of industrialists, and an ambulatory lighthouse. Offbeat and intricately plotted, Fiendish Schemes should please fans of steampunk and gaslamp fantasy. |
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| The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith SaintcrowSteampunk. Archibald Clare is one of the last remaining mentaths in Londoninium, in large part because the others have been murdered. Unregistered on account of previous crimes, Clare -- whose Holmesian feats of deduction result from his obsessive need to manipulate data -- is both an embarrassment and a vital asset to his country. For that reason, Queen Victrix, the current physical incarnation of the goddess Britannia, charges "Prime" sorceress Emma Bannon to protect Clare from assassins. Bannon, aided by Mikal, her shape-shifting demon Shield, doesn't trust Clare any more than he trusts the "illogical" sorceress, but with enemies hot on their trail, they have no choice but to work together. |
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