Book description
Adventures await Rector “Wreck 'em” Sherman. About to turn eighteen,
he's facing ejection from the orphanage that passed for home. He should
also choose a trade, but work is scarce in steam-powered Seattle. And
Rector has more unconventional plans. He's started dealing in sap, a
yellow narcotic produced by rebels and outlaws within the city's toxic
walled enclave. What's worse, he's been sampling his wares. Other
problems include being haunted by an old friend with a grudge. The
pressure builds until he sneaks behind the wall himself, seeking both
(un)gainful employment and excitement. As rumoured, he finds a
terrifying host of the hungry undead, and then there's the monster.
Rector's certain that his attacker wasn't human, or undead. But he's
going to need more proof than his own addled word to expose it. His new
mission becomes a compulsion when others witness the creature's
destructiveness, and give its kind a name. The Inexplicables. Praise
for the series: 'Everything you'd want … pure mad adventure' Cory
Doctorow 'Adventure of rollicking pace and sweeping proportions' Scott
Westerfeld 'Cherie Priest is the high priestess of steampunk' The
Seattle Times Cherie Priest is a full-time novelist, perhaps most
famous for the Clockwork Century series, starting with the
highly-acclaimed and award-winning Boneshaker. She is also a member of
the Wild Cards Consortium, George R. R. Martin's superhero universe. She
currently lives in Tennessee with her husband, and you can find out more
at www. CheriePriest. com.
