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The Steam Magnate: .A Novel of the Broken Glass City (Broken Glass City Mosaic) (Paperback)

by Dana Copithorne (Author)
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  • Paperback: 313 pages
  • Publisher: Aio Publishing Co (1 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1933083085
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933083087
  • Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,475,754 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"A confident, distinctive new voice in speculative fiction....Inventively conceived, richly textured, Dana Copithorne's ageless City of Glass is at once exotic, surreal, and tantalizingly familiar. Like M. John Harrison's 'Viriconium' or the frozen dreamscape of Anna Kavan's 'Ice, ' it haunts the imagination after the last page is turned." -- Eileen Kernaghan, author, "The Alchemist' s Daughter"


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Departing from formulaic themes involving quests, magicians, and mythical animals, this fantasy novel follows a character with powers more ordinary than most uber-wizards. Having inherited the steam-power legacy and the mysterious ability to funnel the assets of others into his own coffers through the mere use of ink and paper, Eson is hated by some and feared by others. While recovering from a disastrous relationship with a woman of his own magical kind, he meets a young woman who isn't who she claims to be, and Eson must now defend himself against challenges far too close to home. Set in a world that is a tempting concoction of fairy-tale charm and everyday existence, this work explores the inequities of social class and the realities living among the less fortunate.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Steampunk Grows Up, 1 Aug 2009
Judging from it's position in an Amazon backwater 'The Steam Magnate' seems likely to disappear into obscurity. This would be a terrible shame.

Like all good Steampunk novels, 'The Steam Magnate' takes place in a slightly altered reality, where steam is still used as major source of power. From there things rapidly diverge - There are no cyborg Queen Victorias or gun-toting Englishmen with large moustaches. Instead Copithorne has created a beautiful, lyrical city, in which nothing is quite what it seems.

The novel is a little wordy at first, and there are lot of long meandering sentences to read before anything of substance happens. At the centre of events is the mysterious steam magnate Eson, whose control over people is supernatural. Like a vampire, he leeches energy from the people he holds in thrall, in order to ensure his own survival. We see the Broken Glass City from three perspectives - Eson's and two of his vassals. The steam magnate's motives are never entirely clear. Is he friend or foe?

To Copithorne's credit, this question isn't really answered, even by the end of the story. The reader is left to make his own conclusions. This is a bewitching tale, meditating on the true nature of power, charisma and how the weak follow the strong. This is not Steampunk - it's a whole lot more emotionally sophisticated than that - Steamo perhaps?

Finally, the book itself is a work of art. High quality paper, thick start and end-pages and an elegant cover drawn by the author herself. Her wonderful pen-and-ink drawings punctuate the book throughout, adding a little something extra. This is a true book lovers book. I don't suppose the Steam Magnate will ever become a large seller, but if you do take the plunge and purchase a copy, you will become part of an exclusive and rather lucky group.
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