The Shadow Master: The Shadow Master (Series #1) (Paperback)

from AltheaAnn

In an alternate Renaissance (one that's not so re-birth-y), one city holds out against the hordes of desperate plague victims outside its walls. Within, two families vie for power - each employing a rival scientist. Leonardo and Galileo put their minds and science (which looks a lot like magic) t...

from LibStaff2

A good premise but the ending is a little confusing. The first half of the book strongly reminds me of Romeo and Juliet, but with two different feuding families and a historical scientist in each corner. Both camps have pretty cool supernatural machines. Then a few interesting characters (an agin...

from stefferoo

I wish I could write a more positive review for this book, I really do. The Shadow Master has so much going for it, including a setting resembling an alternate-history Renaissance Italy, with just a touch of that steampunk flavor with its clockwork inventions and automatons. We also mustn't forge...

from Isisunit

I would like to thank NetGalley & Angry Robot for granting me the opportunity to read this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. Though I received this e-book for free that in no way impacts my review. I give this book 2.5 stars, but in systems that only allow whole numbers I'm not comfortable ...