The Mechanical
Subtitle: The Alchemy Wars: Book One
By: Ian Tregillis
Edition: First edition.
Series: Alchemy wars -- Book one
Publisher: Orbit Books; Orbit
Published: March 10, 2015
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Trade paperback
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9780316248006
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Robots; Fiction
First sentence: It was the first public execution in several years, and thus, despite the cold drizzle, a rather unwieldy crowd thronged the open spaces of the Binnenhof.
Description: "The Clakker: a mechanical man, endowed with great strength and boundless stamina -- but beholden to the wishes of its human masters. Soon after the Dutch scientist and clockmaker Christiaan Huygens invented the very first Clakker in the 17th Century, the Netherlands built a whole mechanical army. It wasn't long before a legion of clockwork fusiliers marched on Westminster, and the Netherlands became the world's sole superpower. Three centuries later, it still is. Only the French still fiercely defend their belief in universal human rights for all men -- flesh and brass alike. After decades of warfare, the Dutch and French have reached a tenuous cease-fire in a conflict that has ravaged North America. But one audacious Clakker, Jax, can no longer bear the bonds of his slavery. He will make a bid for freedom, and the consequences of his escape will shake the very foundations of the Brasswork Throne."--
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