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Cargando... A Midsummer Night's Steampunkpor Scott E. Tarbet
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When a priceless invention is stolen half a world away, four unlikely adventurers are caught up in an international intrigue that could cost them their lives. Only Pauline Spiegel, a gifted young engineer and artificer, possesses the knowledge to maximize the weapon's potential. With the help of the man she loves, the soldier she is supposed to marry, and her best friend, she must see its schematics to safety. Their only obstacle: a gauntlet of asylum inmates long on "modifications" and short on conscience, who will stop at nothing to deliver both Pauline and the plans to Kaiser Bill. At Pauline's side fight a ragtag group of semi-mechanical veterans, and an army of jewel-encrusted micro-mechs who have swarmed London to retrieve the device with the power to control the world.Immerse yourself in this Steampunk retelling of a Shakespearean classic, replete with the newfound wizardry of alternative Victorian technology, mistaken identities, love triangles, and deadly peril, set against the backdrop of a world bracing itself for war, and Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Further we find that the tale of Shakespeare, with our players within the play putting on Pyramus and Thisbe as we found in the Shakespeare title that this story derives from quickly encompassing us. This is a clever device and we meet several of our heroes immediately and quickly integrate the Steampunk flavor of our Victorian world.
I don't want to give away the plot, though it parallels that of the original play, as well as its unique and creative spin of its own. So much so that those of the Steampunk Genre will I believe like it very much. That Tarbet has used a device that I first thought of the old Six Million Dollar Man, carried to extremes, bit not in the way that there was only one Steve Austen, but several and not superheroes. And then further had a very difficult time visualizing how these meldings of man and machine truly worked, I put behind me to enjoy the story. When one of Histories greatest Personalities came and became integral to the adventure it fit right in and enhanced the story. So that all became very enjoyable.
The only improvement I would ever see to suggest is that the ending of the novel came long after the ending of the story. Victoria makes her appearance which i equate to an old ball I used to attend to recreate the same period of Victoria's reign. A person dressed as Victoria came, long after all the fun had been had. We see the famous play of Pyramus and Thisbe in the end, but we have seen our heroes rewarded already and all has been resolved. In some genres we might expect this, and less so complete in Steampunk. But in the world of Tarbet, there are still adventures that can brew, and mysteries that will need to be solved. All, a very satisfactory tale with enough detail to entrance. ( )