A review by drey72
Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon by David Barnett
4.0
Oh, what a romp Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon is! Love adventure? It’s here in spades. Enjoy steampunk? You’ve got the full complement from airships to weapons to the unbelievable melding of human and mechanical. Want romance? Our hero is flying across oceans hunting down pirates and the stolen love of his life. Wonder about alternative history? Wait ’til you see where Barnett’s imagination goes…
At the end of Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl, Texas pirate Louis Cockayne flew away with Maria and Apep. So Gideon winds up in Steamtown (a.k.a. San Antonio) trying to not ruffle the local feathers too much. Not that he succeeds, which is where all the action comes in. Ok, so not quite all the action – there’s a very interesting first chapter reminiscent of Jurassic Park…
Our heroes – Gideon of course, with chronicler Aloysius Bent and airwoman extraordinaire Rowena Fanshawe in tow – run up against a megalomaniacal self-styled King of a band of outlaws, a Japanese conspiracy, and a big cranky mama. I did say this was a romp, didn’t I? So what are you waiting for? Go check it out! :)
drey’s rating: Excellent!
This review was originally posted on drey's library
At the end of Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl, Texas pirate Louis Cockayne flew away with Maria and Apep. So Gideon winds up in Steamtown (a.k.a. San Antonio) trying to not ruffle the local feathers too much. Not that he succeeds, which is where all the action comes in. Ok, so not quite all the action – there’s a very interesting first chapter reminiscent of Jurassic Park…
Our heroes – Gideon of course, with chronicler Aloysius Bent and airwoman extraordinaire Rowena Fanshawe in tow – run up against a megalomaniacal self-styled King of a band of outlaws, a Japanese conspiracy, and a big cranky mama. I did say this was a romp, didn’t I? So what are you waiting for? Go check it out! :)
drey’s rating: Excellent!
This review was originally posted on drey's library