The Clockwork Dynasty: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (588 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XNZC2C2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 182 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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The mechanical doll, June believes, is proof of a living race of automatons that walk undetected among us to this day. In the rugged landscape of Eastern Oregon, a young scientist named June uncovers an exquisite artifact - a 300-year-old mechanical doll whose existence seems to validate her obsession with a harrowing story she was told by her grandfather many years earlier. Their struggle to serve in the court of the czar while blending in and to survive amid those who fear and wish to annihilate them will take Peter and Elena across Russia, Europe, and, ultimately, the centuries, to the modern day. Richly drawn and heart pounding, Wilson's novel expertly draws on his robotics and science ba