num_pages: 413
description: The New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Duke and Heart of Steel returns to the Iron Seas with a riveting new adventure of steampunk and passionate romance . . . A century after a devastating volcanic eruption forced Icelands inhabitants to abandon its shores the island has become enshrouded in legend. Fishermen tell tales of giant trolls guarding the land and of seductive witches who steal mens hearts. But the truth behind the legends is mechanical not magicand the mystery of the island a matter of life and death for a community of women who once spilled noble blood to secure their freedom.Five years ago Annika unwittingly endangered that secret but her sister Klla took the blame and was exiled. Now Annika serves on the airship Phaton flying from port to port in search of her sister and longing to return home . . . but that home is threatened when expedition leader David Kentewess comes aboard.Determined to solve the mystery of his own origin David will stop at nothing to expose Annikas secrets. But when disaster strikes leaving David and Annika stranded on a glacier and pursued by a madman their very survival depends on keeping the heat rising between themand generating lots of steam . . .
language: English
title: Riveted
publisher: Berkley Trade