Jamie Sedgwick

Breeze is an outcast, a half-breed orphan born into a world torn apart by a thousand years of war. Breeze never knew her elven mother, and when her human father is recalled to the war, he leaves her in the safest place he knows: in the care of a reclusive tinker. The Tinkerman's inventions are frightening at first -noisy, smelly, dangerous machines with no practical use- but when the war comes home, Breeze sees an opportunity. If she can pull it off, she'll change the world forever. If she fails, she'll be considered a traitor by both lands and will be hunted to her death.--Back cover.

The Tinkerer's Daughter

Socrates the steampunk ape is back in an all-new series! The Iron Horse is a massive steam-powered locomotive full of ancient and surprising technological wonders. With his crew of warriors, miscreants, and genetic anomalies, Socrates' mission is to scour the world in search of Starfall, the mysterious element that powers the great city of Sanctuary and most of the world's steam technology. Supplies of Starfall are running low and unless they can locate another source, all civilization may soon collapse. Starfall also happens to be Socrates' power source and without it, he will die. On their first adventure, the crew encounters a bizarre cult of isolationists and their strange "Clockwork God." Meanwhile, several of the crewmembers have gone missing and tensions are rising as mutineers conspire to overthrow Socrates and destroy the train. As the conflict comes to a boil, a power more ancient and sinister than anything they have ever imagined threatens to destroy them all.

The Clockwork God

Short story: The City in the Wastes. A story of Breeze Tinkerman, many years earlier.

Blood and Steam

Steam technology and spring-powered engines have evolved since Tinker's discovery of Blackrock Steel, which can store vast amounts of energy, but word of this incredible resource has spread far and wide. When a horde of barbarian warriors known as Vangars sweep across the Frigid Sea in massive airships fueled by precious but dwindling supplies of black tar-like oil, they are determined to learn the secrets of Blackrock Steel at any cost. They assault the capital city, slaying King Ryshan and the entire royal family, and then ravage the countryside, leaving a cloud of acrid black smoke and the stench of death in their wake. Breeze has been content with the peaceful life of a pilot, shuttling nobles back and forth in her spring-powered planes for years, but now the kingdom of Astatia has once again been thrust into war and the Vangars have taken Tinker captive. Breeze must rescue the clever old inventor who has been a father to her for most of her life, but she has one chance to defeat the Vangars. If she saves Tinker instead, Breeze might lose that opportunity forever. In the midst of the chaos, Breeze finds herself trapped in the middle of a romantic conspiracy to wed her off to a young pilot. She has no interest in marrying her would-be suitor, nor in the young Tal'mar warrior who would claim her as his own... or does she? The only thing Breeze knows for sure is that if she fails, the secret of Blackrock Steel will fall into the hands of the Vangars and Astatia will face a dark future of slavery and ruin.

Book 2 of 'the Tinkerer's Daughter

Tinker's War

Just when D.A.S. finally had the Shadow on the run, all the rules changed.... The Shadowlords have waited ten thousand years for this moment. After centuries of plotting, scheming, and manipulating humanity with their ruthless blend of magic and dark science, the Shadowlords have finally succeeded. The doomsday machine has been activated. The planet Niburu has returned. Shadow creatures walk among humans, and magic is once again real. But something has gone wrong... Now, a mysterious illness is threatening not only the Shadowlords but also Gabriel and the other children who were engineered with Shadow D.N.A. At the same time, Gabriel, Jodi, and Pete have all gone missing, just as the Shadow's ultimate plan has finally been set in motion. Gabriel and his companions thought they were ready, but nothing could have prepared them for the final conflict. Events are hurtling towards an astonishing finale in the Shadow Born Trilogy. In the end, there will be only one Shadowlord!

Shadowlord

Teenage assassin Gabriel Frost is back, and this time he's going to find out the truth about his mysterious past. It's been one year since the events of Shadow Born, and Gabriel has settled into his new life at Winschfield Manor as a field agent for the Top Secret organization known as D.A.S. Gabriel is on his first solo mission when something goes horribly wrong and the shadowfriends escape, not only with hostages, but also with a rare and unusual relic -an ancient gemstone statue. Gabriel soon learns that the shadowfriends are collecting the statues because the artifacts have immense power, power that could change the world forever. But before D.A.S. can act, the Shadow attacks. Reeves and Julia are gone and the children are taken captive by a secret government agency. To make matters worse, Gabriel's powers are growing rapidly and he can't seem to control them. Just when his friends need him most, Gabriel may not be able to save anyone - not even himself.

Shadow Born Trilogy

Shadow Rising

When Gabriel appears on a dark and stormy night, he seems just like any other twelve year-old... except for the scars that cover his back and the fact that he has no memory of his past. The wealthy couple who rescue Gabriel promise to help him find his parents, but their mysterious behavior soon leads him to wonder if they really are who they appear to be.Gabriel's new friends Jodi and Pete try to prepare him for the strange adventures that await, but they may already be too late. Gabriel suddenly finds himself in a world where no one can be trusted; a world filled with shadowy monsters, cruel villains, and dark conspiracies. As he pieces together his mysterious past, Gabriel has to wonder:Is it truly his destiny to save the world from the Shadowlords, or is he actually one of them?

Shadow Born

Killing the Machine

As the Iron Horse journeys ever deeper into its mysterious post-apocalyptic world, the crew encounters a lone knight on a quest to slay a dragon. They mock him at first, but when they arrive at the fog-shrouded city known as Stormwatch, the streets are abandoned, the doors are locked, and the citizens are terrified to leave their homes. One old woman, alone and seemingly insane, confronts the crew with this ominous warning: Beware the dragon's breath! They hear the knight's words echoed in her statement, and begin to realize that things may not be as they appear. Then, as night closes in, strange things begin to happen aboard the Iron Horse. Crew members are attacked by invisible beings and strange, mutated creatures. One by one, they begin to vanish. When it seems things can't get any worse, they realize their adventure has only just begun... and that maybe, just maybe, dragons really do exist.

The Dragon's Breath

Events are spiraling out of control inside Dragonwall, as Shayla's enemies seek to turn the tables on her, and Kale finds his position as the knights' commander challenged. When the queen asks Kale to report to a nearby village that has been raided, he jumps at the chance to get away from the politics and intrigue. Little does he realize he's about to uncover a terrifying secret that may change the course of history... Meanwhile, the Iron Horse makes a surprise stop when Socrates and his team discover a train wreck filled with the mummified remains of an ancient crew. While studying the site, they make another unexpected discovery: The crater beyond Dragonwall is home to a previously unknown civilization; a race of humans living in a city of pyramids and possessing strange, powerful new technologies. The crew's excitement is soon tempered by the realization that these timid farmers are not just shy of strangers... they are in fact slaves. Worse yet, their overseers are a race of creatures unlike any the crew have previously encountered. They are dangerous. They are powerful. And they are legion. Clockwork Legion is Book 4 of Sedgwick's Iron Horse series. A reading of the earlier books is highly recommended.

Clockwork Legion

Starfall

Hank Mossberg, the world's first ogre private eye is back in action. Hank is throwing a bachelor party for his best friend and deputy-dwarf Butch O'Shea when he gets a phone call from an old friend, a wood-elf journalist named Flick Hunter. Flick begs Hank to meet him in a seedy undercity neighborhood known as the Hallows. Hank agrees and travels to the undercity -the magical home of thousands of fae creatures hidden in a cavern underneath San Francisco- and arrives just in time to find Flick murdered. Hank finds the magical sword known as Excalibur driven through Flick's chest and into the stone beneath him. The undercity's chief detective warns Hank to stay off the case and out of the way, but for Hank, it's personal this time. Hank promises Flick's widow that he?ll bring the killer to justice but little does he know that while he's investigating the illegal black market of enchanted weapons, the undercity's most powerful citizens are looking to end Hank's investigation permanently. Crooked cops, power mad elites, and goblin gangsters are just the beginning of Hank's troubles. He?ll stop at nothing to expose the killer, unless the killer finds him first.

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