{"product_id":"timepiece-a-steampunk-time-travel-adventure-9781938808357","title":"Timepiece: A Steampunk Time-Travel Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou only THINK you know what happened at Waterloo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe real story involved more monsters. And a lot more time travel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf Jane Austen and Mary Shelley had locked H. G. Wells in a dungeon and revised his wildest work, the result would have been something like this rollicking steampunk time-travel adventure that still manages to be a comedy of manners. Albano's delightful characters confront the not only monsters and killer robots, but their own divided loyalties between personal happiness and the fate of their country. -\u003c\/em\u003e Ken Schneyer, \u003cem\u003eThe Law \u0026amp; the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's 1815\u003c\/strong\u003e, and Wellington's badly-outnumbered army stares across the field of Waterloo at Napoleon's forces. Desperate to hold until reinforcements arrive, Wellington calls upon a race of monsters created by a mad Genevese scientist 25 years before.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's 1815\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a discontented young lady sitting in a rose garden receives a mysterious gift: a pocket watch that, when opened, displays scenes from all eras of history. Past...and future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's 1885\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a small band of resistance fighters are resorting to increasingly extreme methods in their efforts to overthrow a steampunk Empire whose clockwork gears are slick with its subjects' blood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre these events connected?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOh, come now. That would be telling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Waterloo and time travel are made for each other and Heather Albano has done a wonderful job of giving us a delightful cast of characters, tasked with stitching together the proper nineteenth century while fending off several monstrous alternatives. Propulsive adventure with historical insight.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Kim Stanley Robinson, \u003cem\u003e2312\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRed Mars\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10829769\"\u003eHeather Albano\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stillpoint\/Atalanta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938808357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938808355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028080\"\u003eScience Fiction | Time Travel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC028060\"\u003eScience Fiction | Steampunk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027090\"\u003eRomance | Time Travel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stillpoint\/Atalanta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44437039382765,"sku":"9781938808357","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_de32459a-382e-41ab-9b08-f770ebd26655.jpg?v=1700120518","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/timepiece-a-steampunk-time-travel-adventure-9781938808357","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}