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Tag: Steampunk
Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen: Thrilling and Complex
Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after his sudden murder, her life falls apart. Left with only a journal of her father’s engineering secrets and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, a heartbroken Ying follows the trail to the capital and the prestigious Engineers Guild—a place that…
Book Review: The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher
Among the Stacks Review: The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows…
“The Olympian Affair” by Jim Butcher: Complex and Amazing
For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it’s coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that…
“The Aeronaut’s Windlass” by Jim Butcher: Superb Storytelling
Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity. Within their halls, the ruling aristocratic houses develop scientific marvels, foster trade alliances, and maintain fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship Predator. Loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting…
Con-Fusion 2023: Five Days of Fun
In just under two weeks, Con-Fusion 2023 will kick off. What is Con-Fusion? It is a multi day, multi genre convention that is based at five different City of Phoenix libraries. Created by author Jenn Czep along with several others such as Deborah Dwyer and KellyAnn Bonnell, Con-Fusion was created to promote and support local…
A Swift and Savage Tide (A Captain Kit Brightling Novel Book 2) by Chloe Neill: Fantastic
Captain Kit Brightling is Aligned to the magic of the sea, which makes her an invaluable asset to the Saxon Isles and its monarch, Queen Charlotte. The Isles and its allies will need every advantage they can get: Gerard Rousseau, the former Gallic emperor and scourge of the Continent, has escaped his island prison to…
City of Illusion by Victoria Ying: Delightful
It’s been a peaceful three months since Hannah Morgan and Ever Barnes saved their beloved Oskars, and activated the powers of their city’s Megantic. Ever now lives with the Morgan family and the two children watch over and learn more about Oskar (the Megantic) every day. But their conflict-free days come to an abrupt end…
Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta: Glorious, Heartbreaking, and Powerful
Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they’re fighting for a common purpose―and falling for each other―in Zoe Hana Mikuta’s high-octane debut Gearbreakers. We went past praying to deities and started to build them instead… The shadow of Godolia’s tyrannical rule is spreading, aided by their giant mechanized weapons known as Windups. War…
Book Review: Lightning Wolves by David Lee Summers
Review: Lightning Wolves by David Lee Summers Originally posted January 18, 2019 It’s 1877 and Russians forces occupy the Pacific Northwest. They are advancing into California. New weapons have proven ineffective or dangerously unstable. The one man who can help has disappeared into Apache Country, hunting ghosts. A healer and a former sheriff lead…
Book Review: Roar of Sky by Beth Cato
Book Review: Roar of Sky by Beth Cato Originally posted October 30, 2018 Thanks to her geomantic magic, Ingrid has successfully eluded Ambassador Blum, the power-hungry kitsune who seeks to achieve world domination for the Unified Pacific. But using her abilities has taken its toll: Ingrid’s body has been left severely weakened, and…
