Fiddlehead: A Novel of the Clockwork Century

by Cherie Priest

Book Overview

Young ex-slave Gideon Bardsley is a brilliant inventor, but the job is less glamorous than one might think, especially since the assassination attempts started. Worse yet, they're trying to destroy his greatest achievement: a calculating engine called Fiddlehead, which provides undeniable proof of something awful enough to destroy the world. Both man and machine are at risk from forces conspiring to keep the Civil War going and the money flowing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765334070
• ISBN13: 9780765334077
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"