Clockwork Century: Dreadnought: A Novel of the Clockwork Century (Paperback)

from AltheaAnn

A very entertaining entry into the mystery-on-a-train genre.I loved Mercy as a character - an unflaggingly strong and brave nurse who, recently widowed, is on a quest to cross the continent in wartime to see her estranged father. It's a sequel to Boneshaker, but that's not completely obvious unti...

from BobVTReader

Better than Bonshaker, though the plot is still weak. It is definitely a page turner and a good read. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series. Some of the characters from Boneshaker make cameo appearances in the book and the reader gets an update on Briar Wilkes. I think that the reader...

from biblioholic29

Vinita "Mercy" Swakhammer Lynch is a Confederate nurse 20 years into the Civil War. Shortly after learning of her Yankee husband's death she receives a letter from the Seattle Sheriff telling her her daddy is sick and asking for her. Mercy hasn't seen her dad since he packed up and left when she ...

from lauriebrown54

This is the second book in Cherie Priest's Clockwork Century series, set in an alternative 1800 world of steampunk, airship pirates, zombies and wild inventions. Like the first book, Boneshaker, this book features a strong female protagonist that I immediately took to. Mercy Lynch, a nurse in a C...

from SunnySD

Mercy Lynch is a nurse - and now officially a war widow. The timely arrival of a telegram summoning her to the bedside of a father she thought long dead sends Mercy the length of the war-torn United States. Her adventures along the way include an ill-fated dirgible-ride, numerous applications of ...