8.27.2010
Boneshaker
by Cherie Priest, 414pgs, paperback
Series: Clockwork Century
Overall Grade: B+
Set in a steampunk Seattle which has been ravaged by a scientist's tunneling machine, the titular boneshaker. This accident has also released from the ground a mysterious yellow smog that turns people into zombies, but can also be solidified into a lucrative illicit drug. Sixteen year later, the scientist's widow, now going by the name Briar Wilkes, must venture into the walled-off zone of the downtown in search of her runaway son and face her past.
Series: Clockwork Century
Overall Grade: B+
Set in a steampunk Seattle which has been ravaged by a scientist's tunneling machine, the titular boneshaker. This accident has also released from the ground a mysterious yellow smog that turns people into zombies, but can also be solidified into a lucrative illicit drug. Sixteen year later, the scientist's widow, now going by the name Briar Wilkes, must venture into the walled-off zone of the downtown in search of her runaway son and face her past.
Labels: genre: fiction, genre: historical, genre: steampunk, media: book, series: Clockwork Century