Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska's ice.Thus was Dr. The only person who cares enough to rescue him is his mother, but to do so, she must confront both the horrors of the ruined city and the demons of her past, which she does with gusto in this gloriously vivid romp. In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Now, Briar and Blue's 15-year-old son Zeke has run away to the walled city, bent on uncovering the truth behind the rumours that have gathered around his family. Boneshaker (Clockwork Century 1) Priest, Cherie Published byTor, 2012 ISBN 10: 1447225082ISBN 13: 9781447225089 Seller: Brit Books, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Contact seller Seller Rating: Used- SoftcoverCondition: Used Good £ 3.

Instead of mining for gold, he dug through the foundations of four of Seattle's gold-rich banks, intent on robbery, and unwittingly released a deadly gas that devastated the city. Fifteen years before this story is set, Dr Leviticus Blue built his Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine to exploit the veins of gold buried deep beneath the rock and ice. B riar Wilkes's father may be something of a saint to the criminal underclass living in this steampunk version of 1880s Seattle, but she can never escape the fact that her late husband is the man who brought the deadly Blight to the city, leading to it being sealed away from the rest of the world by a 200ft-high wall. Priest (Fathom, 2008, etc.) bravely, and successfully, ventures into steampunk and zombie-horror. But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a.

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest