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 Incredib...
I look forward to new Cherie Priest novels ever since I first picked up 'Dreadnought' off my local library 'new books' shelf. This one, however, did not rock my boat. Maybe it was an attempt to appeal to a teen audience, but as in many books written for young readers, the teenage main character...
Overall, the book felt like a first draft. Characters didn't feel right, actions didn't mesh with characterization, flow through felt unbalanced. The setting is interesting, but it wasn't exploited. Things could have been easily renamed to make it fantasy, sci-fi, etc., with little change. It cou...