Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)

Posted on 03 April 2018 by Cherie Priest

In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska s ice Thus was Dr Blue s Incredible Bone Shaking Drill Engine born.But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead.Now it is sixteen years later, and a wall has been built to enclose the devastated and toxic city Just beyond it lives Blue s widow, Briar Wilkes Life is hard with a ruined reputation and a teenaged boy to support, but she and Ezekiel are managing Until Ezekiel undertakes a secret crusade to rewrite history.His quest will take him under the wall and into a city teeming with ravenous undead, air pirates, criminal overlords, and heavily armed refugees And only Briar can bring him out alive. Download Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) – kino-fada.fr Miss Eliza Bennet, let me persuade you to follow my example, and take a turn about the room I assure you the anti gravity hoverchannel is very refreshing after sitting so long in one attitude Eliza was surprised, but agreed to it immediately She unstrapt herself from her leather seat restraints and stood, careful to maintain her balance as the airship encountered turbulence Whe...1.5 Steampunk and zombies and mini apocalypse, oh my How could you go wrong For starters, you could have lead characters that I never really connected with or cared that much about Protagonists whose most active role was to get themselves into the city, and then who became fortunes of fate, as things happened to them I did like some of the secondary characters better, especially Swakhammer Though it seemed weird to me that Briar called calling him Mr Swakhammer It was probably meant to b 1.5 Steampunk and zombies and mini apocalypse, oh my How could you go wrong For starters, you could have lead characters that I never really connected with or cared that much about Protagonists whose most active role was to get themselves into the city, and then who became fortunes of fate, as things happened to them I did like some of the secondary characters better, especially Swakhammer Though it seemed weird to me that Briar called calling him Mr Swakhammer It was probably meant to be an affectation to remind us of the time period, when men and women wereformal, but since these characters are so informal, it was just kind of weird Just another layer of distance in a book which keeps you at yoursI think, really, that s what it is The characters are never really developed it ...Sixteen years after Leviticus Blue reputedly robbed a string of banks and released the Blight using his drilling machine, the Boneshaker, his son Ezekiel goes back into the walled remains of Seattle, braving rotters and Doornails, to clear his name His mother, Briar Wilkes, goes into the walled wasteland to bring him out Can she find Zeke before Dr Minnericht finds him I ve got mixed feelings about this one For one thing, the writing doesn t tickle my innards and the characters are all prett Sixteen years after Leviticus Blue reputedly robbed a string of banks and released the Blight using his drilling machine, the Boneshaker, his son Ezekiel goes back into the walled remains of Seattle, braving rotters and Doornails, to clear his name His mother, Briar Wilkes, goes into the walled wasteland to bring him out Can she find Zeke before Dr Minnericht finds him I ...Posted at Shelf Inflicted Dazzling inventions, air pirates, evil bad guys, underground vaults, goggles, daring rescues, gold, Blight gas, a one armed bartender, a princess, zombies Oh, what fun The setting was vividly described and rich in details The main characters were well developed and fascinating Briar Wilkes, widow of Leviticus Blue, eccentric inventor, se...1 Best cover art I ve seen in a LONG TIME 2 Very specific style of writing that too a while to hook me It reminded me of Red Dead Redemption in book form with Steampunk I definitely got into it when all the zombie stuff took off, cool details there.3 All the Steampunk stuff was awesome, and well detailed and realized The world definitely grew on me a lot.4 Main problem was that the characters didn t hook me until WAAAY into the book I really feel like the main character could have been f 1 Best cover art I ve seen in a LONG TIME 2 Very specific style of writing that too a while to hook me It reminded me of Red Dead Redemption in book form with Steampunk I definitely got into it when all the zombie stuff took off, cool details there.3 All the Steampunk stuff was awesome, and well detailed and realized The world definitely grew on me a lot.4 Main problem was that the characters didn t hook me until WAAAY into the book I really feel like the main character could have been fleshed out , maybe it was the spare prose style that kept me a bit distanced from caring enough I dunno I never really felt like her backstory with her dad and h...I dug Cherie Priest s Boneshaker, but I wanted so muchI dug Blighted Seattle and the Outskirts, but I wanteddetail in the former andtime in the latter.I dug the Rotters, but I wantedrot,zombie madness, andexploration of their potential ability to communicate and problem solve.I dug the pseudo history and Hale Quarter, the fictional biographer, but I wantedinstallments of his history.I dug the back story of Leviticus Blue, but I wanted to be convinced th I dug Cherie Priest s Boneshaker, but I wanted so muchI dug Blighted Seattle and the Outskirts, but I wanteddetail in the former andtime in the latter.I dug the Rotters, but I wantedrot,zombie madness, andexploration of their potential ability to communicate and problem solve.I dug the pseudo history and Hale Quarter, the fictional biographer, but I wantedinstallments of his history.I dug...Waiting for this book was better than reading itI was so excited to read this one to try a great steampunk novel I read a few top ten lists, and this one made every one of them Within the first few chapters, I knew that I didn t like it Mostly because this was essentially a really long Scooby Do chase sceneWe have Leviticus Blue crazed inventor of the Boneshaker Years ago, he took it for a test run aka dril...Started off slow, but I fully realize that was a miscalibration with the story compatibility recognizer I don t really do the mother hen story line, and I often get the urge to slap headstrong teenage boys I started this on vacation in NYC, and we just weren t getting along Plus, NYC is all busy and distracting and such Once home, I picked it back up and had a little better luck, but soon got distracted with shinier books life Finally opened it again today and finished the last 250 or so pa Started off slow, but I fully realize that was a miscalibration with the story compatibility recognizer I don t really do the mother hen story line, and I often get the urge to slap headstrong teenage boys I started this on vacation in NYC, and we just weren t getting along Plus, NYC is all busy and distracting and such Once home, I picked it back up and had a little better luck, but soon got distracted with shinier books life Finally opened i...engaging but decidedly minor yarn featuring brave women, pirate airships, a zombie plague, and a battered barricaded alternate seattle the steampunk elements are of the american west variety, so as far as the atmosphere conveyed, this ismuggy days than foggy nights enjoyable for the most part, although the hig...2.5 stars I liked the set up of this steampunk story and I thought the characters were well developed especially Briar who I thought was great That said, for some reason I did not get hooked on the story and found myself just getting through the book For me, I would have liked to have learnedabout the alternate world in which the book is set in and have the story tie into or at least hint at bigger issues to come There were some nice tid...

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03 April 2018

Cherie Priest