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Alchemy wars volume 2.
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Orbit 2015
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The second book in the Alchemy Wars trilogy by Ian Tregillis, an epic tale of liberation and war.
Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he must begin his life as a free Clakker, but liberation proves its own burden.
Berenice, formerly the legendary spymaster of New France, mastermind behind her nation's attempts to undermine the Dutch Hegemony — has been banished from her homeland and captured by the Clockmakers Guild's draconian secret police force.
Meanwhile, Captain Hugo Longchamp is faced with rallying the beleaguered and untested defenders of Marseilles-in-the-West for the inevitable onslaught from the Brasswork Throne and its army of mechanical soldiers.
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Ian Tregillis. (2015). The Rising. Orbit.

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Ian Tregillis. 2015. The Rising. Orbit.

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Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he must begin his life as a free Clakker, but liberation proves its own burden.
Berenice, formerly the legendary spymaster of New France, mastermind behind her nation's attempts to undermine the Dutch Hegemony — has been banished from her homeland and captured by the Clockmakers Guild's draconian secret police force.
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      • source: SciFi Magazine on The Mechanical
      • content: There are a number of marvelous action scenes, hallucinogenic in their over-the-top big-screen violence, but the real attraction here is Tregilli's narrative ruthlessness, which manifest as willingness to take his character to the brink of hell...and then, rather than yank them back at the last second, push them in.
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      • source: George R.R. Martin on Bitter Seeds
      • content: A major talent.
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      • source: Publishers Weekly on The Mechanical
      • content: Superb alternate history filled with clockwork men and ethical questions on the nature of free will. ... Tregillis's complex setting is elegantly delivered, and the rich characters and gripping story really make this tale soar.
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      • source: Booklist on The Mechanical
      • content: The first thing readers will say after finishing this splendid book is: 'Wow.' The second thing will probably be: 'When can I read the next one?'
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      • source: Library Journal on The Mechanical
      • content: Tregillis presents a fascinating look at the nature of free will and the existence of the soul, wrapped up in an absolutely thrilling adventure story. Jax is an amazing, sympathetic character, and the world of the clockmakers and their slaves is so absorbing that readers will be dying for the next entry in this new series.
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        November 9, 2015
        Tregillis’s splendid sequel to The Mechanical is a vivid alternate history tale filled with action sequences, fascinating characters, and great worldbuilding. Jax, a Clakker (clockwork automaton) who has gained free will, is now hobbled and on the run, hoping to find the possibly mythical land ruled by a Clakker known as Queen Mab. Its rumored location is deep in the French Canadian wilderness. Meanwhile, exiled French spymaster Berenice escapes the Dutch and becomes a fugitive, and Hugo Longchamp, the foul-mouthed guard captain in Marseilles-in-the-West in tiny New France (located in what we call Canada), prepares for the inevitable attack by the Dutch and their army of enslaved Clakkers. As their adventures intersect, these unlikely heroes work to find a way to free Clakkers from their magical obligations and to save what remains of France (in Europe) from the Dutch Empire. Tregillis falters a tad with an ending that can be seen from a mile away (and serves as a cliffhanger to set up the sequel), but the novel until then is engrossing, with plenty of mid-story twists, and it’s well worth the ride. Agent: Kay McCauley, Pimlico Agency.

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        Starred review from November 15, 2015
        War overshadows this second volume of an alternate-world trilogy (The Mechanical, 2015) set a few hundred years after the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens blended clockwork and alchemy to create the robotic Clakkers. The Dutch and their legions of Clakkers are preparing an assault against Marseilles-in-the-West, the Canadian seat of the Kingdom of France-in-Exile. Capt. Hugo Longchamp struggles to assemble a sufficient defense against the Dutch incursion, knowing that it's doomed to fail. The ruthless, rash Berenice Charlotte de Mornay-Perigord, formerly New France's spymaster until a dreadful miscalculation, pursues both revenge and redemption by attempting to penetrate the secrets of the Clakkers' metageasa. If she can understand the hierarchical programming that enslaves the Clakkers, she can then twist their loyalty from Dutch to French. And Jax, the freed Clakker desperately fleeing his many enemies, finally reaches Neverland and discovers the truth about the fabled community of rogue Clakkers and its sinister ruler, Queen Mab. Meanwhile, Luke Visser, the French spy and priest forcibly modified by alchemical surgery into an assassin against his own people, threatens to strike again. The chases, the battles, the brutal violence, and the scheming are nonstop. As always, Tregillis offers richly textured and genuinely likable personalities with shades-of-gray morality; it's clearly no accident that the most purely good person in the novel is the mechanical Jax, although even his sterling qualities are severely tested by the terrible situations he faces. Middle volumes are always tricky; they can often read as an obstacle to overcome on the way to the forgone conclusion of the third installment. Tregillis commendably avoids this trap, deepening his story and keeping it moving along toward an unknown horizon. Part 3 can't come too soon.

        COPYRIGHT(2015) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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        Starred review from December 1, 2015

        The last redoubt of old France in North America is in danger of falling to the forces of the Dutch and their mechanical men known as Clakkers. In The Mechanical, Clakker servitor Jax won his freedom from the alchemical binding that the Dutch use to control the metal men. He heads to the far north, where there is a rumored colony of free Clakkers. Meanwhile, former French spymaster Berenice has been exiled from New France, but she can't stop seeking a way to stop the Clakkers and Captain Longchamps is left to defend the king against the approaching Dutch armies. VERDICT Tregillis ("The Milkweed Triptych" series; Something More Than Night) continues to thrill with his daring alt-history story of robots in the New World. While splitting off from Jax's story might have slowed the book's momentum, instead the author keeps up the tension by shifting the perspective among Jax, Berenice, and Longchamps as they all struggle to find a way to stop the Clakker army despite differing ultimate goals. Thrilling action scenes and breakneck pacing will leave readers desperate for the next volume.--MM

        Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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