Boneshaker: A Novel of the Clockwork Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780765318411)

In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska's ice. Thus was Dr. Blue's Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born.

But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead.

Now it is sixteen years later, and a wall has been built to enclose the devastated and toxic city. Just beyond it lives Blue's widow, Briar Wilkes. Life is hard with a ruined reputation and a teenaged boy to support, but she and Ezekiel are managing. Until Ezekiel undertakes a secret crusade to rewrite history.

His quest will take him under the wall and into a city teeming with ravenous undead, air pirates, criminal overlords, and heavily armed refugees. And only Briar can bring him out alive.

Author: Cherie Priest
ISBN-10: 0765318415
ISBN-13: 9780765318411
Publisher: Tor Books
Language: English
Published: 09/29/2009
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.28w x 1.09d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 21
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 149947 / Boneshaker

Award: Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award - Winner
Award: Nebula Awards - Nominee
Award: Hugo Award - Nominee
Award: Locus Awards - Winner
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/31/2009 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2009
Booklist 10/15/2009 pg. 26
Romantic Times 11/01/2009 pg. 72 - Very Good
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/02/2009 pg. 25