The Iron Duke
In a romantic, steampunk adventure, a body falls from an airship and onto Iron Duke Rhys Trahaearn's doorstep, leading Detective Mina Wentworth to discover a conspiracy that threatens everyone in England; and Rhys and Mina must race across zombie-infested wastelands and raging seas to save the...
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In a romantic, steampunk adventure, a body falls from an airship and onto Iron Duke Rhys Trahaearn's doorstep, leading Detective Mina Wentworth to discover a conspiracy that threatens everyone in England; and Rhys and Mina must race across zombie-infested wastelands and raging seas to save the day, all the while trying to ignore their burning feelings for each other. Original.
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Format: BOOK
ISBN:
9781101444085 (1101444088)
ASIN: 3uni7ltr-EgC
Publish date: 2010-10-05
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Romance,
Paranormal Romance,
Steampunk,
Horror,
Zombies,
Fiction,
Historical
This is my first steampunk book and I loved it! I took the plunge with this one for a couple of reasons. First off, more than a few authors whose work I enjoy have spoken highly of Meljean Brook, including Bree Bridges (one half of Kit Rocha and Moira Rogers). Secondly, the steampunk theme...sett...
3.5Okuduklarım içinde en iyi steampunk roman budur kesinlikle. Alternatif tarih, hikayenin altyapısı ve ortaya konan bu yeni dünya düzeni de iyi hazırlanmış. Başta kitabın içine girmekte zorlandım ama daha kitabın çeyreğine gelmeden bu durum da ortadan kalktı. Yazarın tarzı inasnı çok zorlamıyor, ka...
200 years ago the majority of England was infected with nanoagents by the Horde. Only the wealthy aristocracy were able to escape infection by leaving the country and moving to the New World. After the population was contaminated the Horde activated the nanoagents and were able to take full contro...
I enjoyed this a lot, yet I still don’t feel like I really get steampunk. The worldbuilding seems largely based on “this is wicked cool and/or scary” rather than on a logical chain of events. I never did get how, in this obviously very sexist world, women get to be on the police force.The book’s big...
As reviewed on Read Our Lips:The mix of historical, AU, sci-fi and urban fantasy in London captures you as you follow Inspector Wilhelmina Wentworth´s investigation that includes the Iron Duke Rhys Trahaearn. He wants her and won´t take no for an answer while she has got to say no for her family´s s...
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