The Doomsday Vault
by:
Steven Harper (author)
In a clockwork Brittania, Alice's prospects are slim. At 21, her age and her unladylike interest in automatons have sealed her fate as an undesirable marriage prospect. But a devastating plague sends Alice off in a direction beyond the pale-towards a clandestine organization, mad inventors,...
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In a clockwork Brittania, Alice's prospects are slim. At 21, her age and her unladylike interest in automatons have sealed her fate as an undesirable marriage prospect. But a devastating plague sends Alice off in a direction beyond the pale-towards a clandestine organization, mad inventors, life-altering secrets, and into the arms of an intrepid fiddle-playing airship pilot.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451464293 (045146429X)
ASIN: 045146429X
Publish date: November 1st 2011
Publisher: Roc
Pages no: 382
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Steampunk,
Horror,
Alternate History,
Zombies
Series: Clockwork Empire (#1)
4.5/5 Oh, I'm so glad I've read it on Christmas day and had myself quite a Clockwork Christmas :) Great book, albeit a bit manic, I had to race along with the plot to catch up plenty of times.There are two main protagonists.Alice, a daughter of an impoverished baron in Victorian London, secretly wor...