In a clockwork Brittania, Alice's prospects are slim. At 21, her age and her unladylike interest in automatons have sealed her fate as an undesirable marriage prospect. But a devastating plague sends Alice off in a direction beyond the pale-towards a clandestine organization, mad inventors, life-alt
The Doomsday Vault: A Novel of the Clockwork Empire: novel
โ Scribed by Harper, Steven
- Publisher
- Roc
- Year
- 2011;1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780451464293
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โฆ Synopsis
In a clockwork Brittania, Alice's prospects are slim. At 21, her age and her unladylike interest in automatons have sealed her fate as an undesirable marriage prospect. But a devastating plague sends Alice off in a direction beyond the pale-towards a clandestine organization, mad inventors, life-altering secrets, and into the arms of an intrepid fiddle-playing airship pilot.
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