SCI FI & FANTASY | book reviews | Clockwork Heart Dru Pagliassotti Science Fiction
Taya soars over Ondinium on metal wings. She is an icarus, a courier privileged to travel freely across the city’s sectors and mingle indiscriminately amongst its castes. But even she cannot outfly the web of terrorism, loyalty, murder, and intrigue that snares her after a daring mid-air rescue. Taya finds herself entangled with the Forlore brothers, scions of an upperclass family: handsome, brilliant Alister, who sits on Ondinium’s governing council and writes
programs for the Great Engine; and awkward, sharptongued Cristof, who has exiled himself from his caste and repairs clocks in the lowest sector of the city. Both hide dangerous secrets, in the city that beats to the ticking of a clockwork heart. REVIEW: This is an excellent book, a fine example of science fiction at its best. It has a great beginning that immediately captures your interest, and holds your attention. The book begins with a creature that is flying and attempting to land, but you soon realize that it is a person in a flying rig. The book starts up at a good pace, and doesn’t let up. It draws you in and keeps you wondering what comes next. The characters are great, and so fascinating; and the author makes it all come alive for you. It’s about a society divided into castes, yet it’s also a love story, and it’s also a mystery/thriller too; in addition to being a great science fiction novel. | Reviewer: Jacqueline Driggers |
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