Review: Good Steampunk
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 19, 2013
I read Part One of Nimbus in two sits.Very interesting characters, and vivid steampunk setting that didn't weigh down the narration.We're thrown in the lives of the crew of Gangly Dirigible, which is responsible for collecting clouds and turning them into water. We follow Jude, one of the Hosers -a decent man amidst colorful characters- who, along with others on the skyship fight the good fight in a world that is torn in two: one is the life on skyports, the other in the Burrows. The middle is deadly and no one walks there. So, Jude and his fellow Hosers are in charge of supplying the Burrows and the Skyports with water. Until they come across an abandoned skyport, Augur's Lighthouse...The other storyline follows young Rucca, the son of the High Prelate, on Cloud Nine, as the skyport for the noble is called. There, he treads a life of boredom under his father's vigilant and stern eye. Until he saves the beggar Gully from the beating of a soldier...Part One doesn't end with much of a cliffhanger, but it leaves the reader wanting more of that world the author put together. It's a dirty, yet alive world. With its hierarchy and myths and old languages. With troubles and happy moments. Highly recommended to anyone already in love with steampunk, or to 'beginners' of the genre. A great read.