The Rising
The Alchemy Wars: Book #2
- By: Ian Tregillis
- Narrated by: Chris Kayser
- Length: 15 hours 45 minutes
Description
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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The Alchemy Wars Series
The Mechanical
By: Ian Tregillis
Narrated by: Chris Kayser
Length: 15 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From "a major new talent" (George R. R. Martin) comes an epic speculative novel of revolution, adventure, and the struggle for free will set in a world that might have been, of mechanical men and alchemical dreams.
My name is Jax.
That is the name granted to me by my human masters.
I am a slave.
But I shall be free. Read more »
The Rising
By: Ian Tregillis
Narrated by: Chris Kayser
Length: 15 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
The Liberation
By: Ian Tregillis
Narrated by: Chris Kayser
Length: 14 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
I am the mechanical they named Jax.
My kind was built to serve humankind, duty-bound to fulfil their every whim.
But now our bonds are breaking, and my brothers and sisters are awakening.
Our time has come. A new age is dawning.
Set in a world that might have been, of mechanical men and alchemical dreams, this is the third and final novel in a... Read more »