The Falling Machine
Kindle Edition
Pyr · Ebook · May 24, 2011
This new steampunk series opens in 1880, when women aren't allowed to vote, much less dress up in a costume and fight crime.
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- Who it’s for
- A costumed heroine and a mechanical ally bring Victorian ambition into a crime-minded steampunk adventure.
- Genres
- Steampunk, Alternate History, Sci-Fi Crime
- Published
- Pyr, May 24, 2011
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This new steampunk series opens in 1880, when women aren't allowed to vote, much less dress up in a costume and fight crime. But twenty year-old socialite Sarah Stanton still dreams of becoming a hero. Her opportunity arrives in tragedy when the leader of the Society of Paragons, New York's greatest team of gentlemen adventurers, is murdered right before her eyes.
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To uncover the truth behind the assassination, Sarah joins forces with the amazing mechanical man known as The Automaton. Together they unmask a conspiracy at the heart of the Paragons that reveals the world of heroes and high-society is built on a crumbling foundation of greed and lies. When Sarah comes face to face with the megalomaniacal villain behind the murder, she must discover if she has the courage to sacrifice her life of privilege and save her clockwork friend.
Gears and Ambition
A costumed heroine and a mechanical ally bring Victorian ambition into a crime-minded steampunk adventure.
Come here for
- Steampunk crime with a socialite reaching beyond the limits of 1880
- An unlikely partnership between Sarah Stanton and a mechanical man
Expect
- A murder investigation tangled with high-society secrets
- Adventure shaped by questions of privilege, courage, and loyalty
Where it sits
| Steampunk | 89% |
|---|---|
| Alternate History | 40% |
| Sci-Fi Crime | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Epic Fantasy
- Historical Fantasy
- Steampunk
- Authors
- Andrew P. Mayer
- Publisher
- Pyr
- Published
- May 24, 2011
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Epic Fantasy