Steamed

Val Birbeck

at 3:21 am

I’d not heard of steampunk – must be an American thing – looked it up on the net and many of Jack’s comments started to make sense, especially his comments regarding the wearing of corsets and his fixation on goggles – you have to read the book to understand.

The story is set in a “parallel Earth world” which has developed slightly differently – no electricity as it’s too dangerous and flight is by airship. Jack, a nanoengineer and his sister (Hallie) are “sent” to this parallel world and wake up on an airship. There’s William, Emperor of England & Prussia, who lives at Kew not Buckingham, Palace, and there’s been no “Victorian” age. Many interesting observations, especially Jack’s comments on he could make a fortune if ………. eg he could “invent” the internal combustion engine.

A good read, hope there’s to be a series
Rating: 5 / 5