
Lazarus Machine
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Pyr · Ebook · November 13, 2012
Steampunk adventure for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who An alternate 1895, A world where Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace perfected the Difference Engine.
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- Who it’s for
- Come for a paranoid, steam-driven London; stay for the mystery entangling its criminal underworld and government.
- Genres
- Steampunk, YA Fantasy, Historical YA Fantasy
- Published
- Pyr, November 13, 2012
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Steampunk adventure for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who An alternate 1895, A world where Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace perfected the Difference Engine. Where steam and Tesla-powered computers are everywhere. Where automatons powered by human souls venture out into the sprawling London streets. Where the Ministry, a secretive government agency, seeks to control everything in the name of the Queen.
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It is in this claustrophobic, paranoid city that seventeen-year old Sebastian Tweed and his conman father struggle to eke out a living. But all is not well. A murderous, masked gang has moved into London, spreading terror through the criminal ranks as they take over the underworld. As the gang carves up more and more of the city, a single name comes to be uttered in fearful whispers, Professor Moriarty. When Tweed's father is kidnapped by Moriarty, he is forced to team up with information broker, Octavia Nightingale, to track him down. But he soon realizes that his father's disappearance is just a tiny piece of a political conspiracy that could destroy the British Empire and plunge the world into a horrific war.
Steam and Shadows
Come for a paranoid, steam-driven London; stay for the mystery entangling its criminal underworld and government.
Come here for
- A steam-powered alternate 1895, where automatons roam London and Moriarty inspires fear.
- A detective adventure threaded with secretive government power and political conspiracy.
Expect
- A brisk blend of Victorian machinery, mystery, and adventure.
- A young protagonist drawn into a conspiracy with stakes beyond one kidnapping.
Where it sits
| Steampunk | 99% |
|---|---|
| Historical YA Fantasy | 77% |
| YA Fantasy | 59% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Fantasy
- Historical YA Fantasy
- Steampunk
- Authors
- Paul Crilley
- Publisher
- Pyr
- Published
- November 13, 2012
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Fantasy