Boneshaker: A Novel of the Clockwork Century

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 09/29/2009
ISBN: 9780765318411
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.28w x 1.09d
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended
Award: Hugo Award - Nominee
Award: Locus Awards - Winner
Award: Nebula Awards - Nominee
Award: Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award - Winner
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: 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

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