The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)

Posted on 21 January 2018 by Meljean Brook

After the Iron Duke freed England from Horde control, he instantly became a national hero Now Rhys Trahaearn has built a merchant empire on the power and fear of his name And when a dead body is dropped from an airship onto his doorstep, bringing Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth into his dangerous world, he intends to make her his next possession.But when Mina uncovers the victim s identity, she stumbles upon a conspiracy that threatens the lives of everyone in England To save them, Mina and Rhys must race across zombie infested wastelands and treacherous oceans and Mina discovers the danger is not only to her countrymen, as she finds herself tempted to give up everything to the Iron Duke. Read The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1) – kino-fada.fr This is the third novel I ve read belabelled Steampunk and so far it is the best.Unlike Clare s rendition of Clockwork Angel, Brook s The Iron Duke doesn t nervously flirt with Steampunk but wantonly embraces it like a Steampunk addict chasing after its next hit.Similarly to Carriger s Soulless, The Iron Duke is heavy on romance though with farsatisfying love scenes and lacking in the supernatural, paranormal element.No, Brook understands Steampunk and she executed it well, creating a worl This is the third novel I ve read belabelled Steampunk and so far it is the best.Unlike Clare s rendition of Clockwork Angel, Brook s The Iron Duke doesn t nervously flirt with Steampunk but wantonly embraces it like a Steampunk addict chasing after its next hit.Similarly to Carriger s Soulless, The Iron Duke is heavy on romance though with farsatisfying love scenes and lacking in the supernatural, para... Dear dad, I know you follow and read my goodreads reviews, which I appreciate, really, but I just wanted to let you know that while this is a sci fi alternate history book that is pretty interesting in a lot of ways it is also a romance novel that I read for a book club and it has lots of VERY EXPLICIT sex parts that I might mention, explicitly, in ...zombies kraken pirates automatons marriage reform nanotech mongols just another classic steampunk romance, right or maybe not this is my first one it was crazy none of the other bodice rippers wanted to read the shapeshifter romance come on guys shapeshifters romance i am so curious about the mechanics of it, but i am not going to read one without the protective cloak of the rest of the rippers so steampunki mean,...I have to hand it to Meljean Brook She created a wonderfully detailed and fantastical world in this book If a reader is wondering what steampunk is, I will definitely point them towards this book I was very impressed how she integrated nanotechnology into her world building, and the nanotech fit very well in this universe There are some aspects that seem rather dystopian, despite the fact that this is a Victorian like setting The use of robotic technology has some great applications, but I have to hand it to Meljean Brook She created a wonderfully detailed and fantastical world in this book If a reader is wondering what steampunk is, I will definitely point them towards this book I was very impressed how she integrated nanotechnology into her world building, and the nanotech fit very well in this universe There are some aspects that seem rather dystopian, despite the fact that this is a Victorian like setting The use of robotic technology has some great applications, but some are rather horrific In this story, a large degree of the w...I enjoyed it a LOT, just one thing brought it down from 5 stars, which I will specify at the end BTW Has VERY racy scenes as a warning to the non smutty lovers, but that wasn t my 1 star point haha I would give worldbuilding 5 stars The first chapter is a bit confusing, but the world that is spun out over the novel is ENDLESSLY interesting, one of the few books that has made me read SLOWLY to see what all the steampunk stuff really is about FASCINATING history with the Horde and the nanobu I enjoyed it a LOT, just one thing brought it down from 5 stars, which I will specify at the end BTW Has VERY racy scenes as a warning to the non smutty lovers, but that wasn t my 1 star point haha I would give worldbuilding 5 ...I won this ARC in a contest at Dear Author.I have a confession to make I was afraid to read this book I have a serious love affair with this author s Guardian series I mean, how many of my Goodreads friends did I nag into reading it lately Five I know they finally broke down and read it just to shut me up, but that s okay, because they loved it anyway and I gotpeople to talk about it with So, I was afraid something would happen and I wouldn t be able to get into the new series and I won this ARC in a contest at Dear Author.I have a confession to make I was afraid to read this book I have a serious love affair with this author s Guardian series I mean, how many of my Goodreads friends did I nag into reading it lately Five I know they finally broke down and read it just to shut me up, but that s okay, because they loved it anyway and I gotpeople to talk about it with So, I was afraid something would happen and I wouldn t be able to get into the new series and I d lose a favorite author Thank God I slapped the neurotic out of myself and read it It was great So this is an alternate view of England Two hundred years ago some of the English, now referred to as bounders, fled the Horde and only returned to ...This book was both lots of fun and quite disappointing The alternate history of a Mongol dominated England with mind controlling nanoagents, steampunk body grafts, and forced social reorganization was original and fascinating Brook worked the steampunk elements into the story and the lives of the characters in aintimate and plot effecting way, and she also showed how the political and scientific changes common to this genre would not be superficia...Hordes Buggers Bounders Frenzy, oh my What a world It took a while for me to understand this extremely imaginative world, but I enjoyed every moment of this book The Iron Duke portrays an alternative history in a very different Europe The Horde controls people through nanotechnology People, especially those living in polluted London, are infected with these agents because they have healing properties When certain radio frequencies are transmitted, the infected people, known as the Bugger Hordes Buggers Bounders Frenzy, oh my What a world It took a while for me to understand this extremely imaginative world, but I enjoyed every moment of this book The Iron Duke portrays an alternative history in a very dif...A few hundred years before the novel opens, the Asian Horde took over much of the Western world with a mix of force and superior technology Lacking any navy of merit, they had to be a bit creative in their attack on Britain, choosing to smuggle nanoagents into the cheap sugar and tea they exported to the island nation As the people ate and drank, they unwittingly infected themselves with tiny bits of self replicating machinery While the bugs made people stronger, hastened healing and allowe A few hundred years before the novel opens, the Asian Horde took over much of the Western world with a mix of force and superior technology Lacking any navy of merit, they had to be a bit creative in their attack on Britain, choosing to smuggle nanoagents into the cheap sugar and tea they exported to the island nation As the people ate and drank, they unwittingly infected themselves with tiny bits of self replicating machinery While the bugs made people stronger, hastened healing and allowed a wide range of prosthetic enhancements, the downside was that the Horde could control the infected via a radio frequency transmitted by a tall tower in London.The story takes place nine years after Rhys Trahaearn, now known as the Iron Duke, bl... Initial reaction This book was exquisite If I could give it 6 stars, I would o All I want to know is, what kind of peyote was this woman smoking when she dreamt up this amazing world __ It is proving exceedingly difficult for me to adequately express what it is about this book that makes me love it so In fact, I can almost guarantee I won t be pleased with this review _ But I ll make mention of a couple thoughts in broad strokes.beginning with the world Brooks world building was Initial reaction This book was exquisite If I could give it 6 stars, I would o All I want to know is, what kind of peyote was this woman smoking when she dreamt up this amazing world __ It is proving exceedingly difficult for me to adequately express what it is about this book that makes me love it so In fact, I can almost guarantee I won t be pleased with this review _ But I ll make mention of a couple thoughts in broad strokes.beginning with the world Brooks world building was perhaps my favorite ...

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21 January 2018

Meljean Brook