Book description
WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Ezekiel Blue's father
committed a crime, unleashing a deadly menace into steampowered Seattle.
And his bereaved family has paid the price. Now, Ezekiel is determined
to clear his father's name, risking death and the undead in the attempt.
Sixteen years ago, as the American Civil War dawned, gold brought hordes
to the frozen Klondike. Fanatical in their greed, Russian prospectors
commissioned Dr Leviticus Blue to create a great machine, to mine
through Alaska's ice. Thus the Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine was
born. But the Boneshaker went awry, destroying downtown Seattle and
unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas. Anyone who breathed its
fumes turning into the living dead. The devastated city is now walled in
to contain the blight. But unknown to Briar, his widowed mother, Ezekiel
is going in. His quest will take him into a city teeming with ravenous
undead, air pirates, criminal overlords, and heavily armed refugees. And
only Briar can bring him out alive. 'Adventure of rollicking pace and
sweeping proportions … this book is made of irresistible'Scott
Westerfeld, 'This is a hoot from start to finish'Cory
Doctorow,'Intelligent, exceptionally well written and showcasing a
phenomenal strong female protagonist' Publishers Weekly
