Mike Reeves-McMillan
ASIN: B01MY8PRDP
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 273
"It's everything that a reader could want in a steampunk novel. It combines politics, innovation, social unrest and the fight for basic freedoms in a compelling story." - Erin Eymard, The New Podler Review of BooksA reluctant, inexperienced and ineffectual ruler must become the leader his people need when an old rival's hate-filled rhetoric foments rebellion.The young ruler has an ally and mentor, a competent woman who rules the realm to the south. Unfortunately, an ancient magical treaty between their realms means she can’t send in her troops, her skyboats or her pressure guns. What she can do, though, is share a new magical communications technology and her elite corps of Gryphon Clerks.★★★★★ "This is a fast paced story with a constant amount of action in it. The story feels fresh; I guess what I am saying is the collaborative approach of the two rulers builds an unusal plot device ...