The Iron Assassin
Author | : Ed Greenwood |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2015-06-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780765338464 |
ISBN-13 | : 0765338467 |
Rating | : 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "On an Earth that is not our own, Victoria never ascended the throne ... It is a time of gaslamps and regularly scheduled airship flights, of trams and steam-driven clockwork with countless smoke-belching stacks. London, the capitol of the Empire of the Lion, is a filthy, crowded, fast-growing city where a series of shocking murders threatens the throne itself. Energetic young inventor Jack Straker believes he has created a weapon to defend the Crown: a reanimated, clockwork-enhanced corpse he can control. He introduces 'the Iron Assassin' to the highly placed Lords who will decide if Straker's invention becomes a weapon of the Lion--or something to be destroyed"--