Waiting on Wednesday

SQT's can't wait to read selection is:



Tin Swift by Devon Monk

Publisher: Penguin

Date: July 3, 2012

Pages: 384
 



In steam age America, men, monsters, machines and magic battle to claim the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, one man fights to hold on to his humanity—and his honor. . .



Life on the frontier is full of deceit and danger, but bounty hunter Cedar Hunt is a man whose word is his bond. Cursed with becoming a beast every full moon, Cedar once believed his destiny was to be alone. But now, Cedar finds himself saddled with a group of refugees, including the brother he once thought lost.



Keeping his companions alive is proving to be no easy task, in part because of the promise he made to the unpredictable Madder brothers—three miners who know the secret mechanisms of the Strange. To fulfill his pledge, Cedar must hunt a powerful weapon known as the Holder—a search that takes him deep into the savage underbelly of the young country and high into the killing glim-field skies defended by desperate men and deadly ships.

 

But the battles he faces are just a glimmer of a growing war stirring the country. To keep his word Cedar must navigate betrayal, lies, and treacherous alliances, risking everything to save the lives of those he has come to hold dear…



I've been meaning to get to the Age of Steam series by Devin Monk for awhile. I have the weirdest, most interrupted reading habits thanks to my inability to organize my TBR list. I read the first part of Dead Iron and really liked it, but still haven't finished it. With this on the way I'm going to have to make the time to get to both books. I mean it this time...

I -still- want to read Empire State, which sounds like it's right up my alley as a superhero/noir combination. While I don't think Seven Wonders is in the same "universe" as Empire State (though there are more books coming in that series), it's still got the superhero vibe which almost always catches my attention.