Elizabeth Bear

Karen Memory (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Bear pumps fresh energy in the steampunk genre with a light touch on the gadgetry and a vivid sense of place... Karen and the ladies kick ass." - Library Journal (starred review) Set in the late nineteenth century-when the city we now call Seattle Underground was the whole town (and still on the surface), when airships plied the trade routes, would-be gold miners were heading to the gold fields of Alaska, and steam-powered mechanicals stalked the waterfront, Karen Memery ("like memory only spelt with an e") is a young woman on her own, making the best of her orphaned state by working in Madame Damnable's high-quality bordello. Through Karen's eyes we get to know the other girls in the house-a resourceful group-and the poor and the powerful of the town. Trouble erupts one night when a badly injured girl arrives at their door, begging for sanctuary, followed by the man who holds her indenture, and who has a machine that can take over anyone's mind and control their actions. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the next night brings a body dumped in their rubbish heap-a streetwalker who has been brutally murdered. Bear brings alive this Jack-the-Ripper yarn of the old west with a light touch in Karen's own memorable voice, and a mesmerizing evocation of classic steam-powered science. "[A] rollicking, suspenseful, and sentimental steampunk novel... [Karen's] story is a timeless one: a woman doing what is needed to get by while dreaming and fighting for great things to come." - Publishers Weekly

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tor Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466846340
• Artikelnr.: 42141116