18 books like The Alchemy of Stone

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The Dragons of Dorcastle Jack Campbell · 2015 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Dematr is a world ruled by the diametrically opposed Mage and Mechanic Guilds. For centuries, the two Great Guilds have been bitter rivals. But now a Storm approaches, one that could sweep away everything that humans have built. Only one person has any chance of uniting enough of the world behind to stop the Storm. Mari is a brilliant young Mechanic, just out of the Guild Halls, where she has… Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Hidden Masters of Marandur Jack Campbell · 2015 Someone wants to kill Mari, a young steam mechanic in the guild that controls all technology. She has learned that her world of Dematr is headed for a catastrophe that will destroy civilization and that mages really can alter reality for short periods. Someone also wants to kill Alain, a young mage who has learned that mechanics are not frauds, as his guild teaches, and that mechanic Mari is the… Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Assassins of Altis Jack Campbell · 2015 Trapped within the dead city of Marandur, Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain must escape both merciless barbarians and the pitiless Imperial Legion. Beyond those dangers lie the mightiest and most unforgiving powers in the world of Dematr: the Great Guilds that rule the world with iron fists. Mari's Mechanics Guild and Alain's Mage Guild have always been enemies, but they are united in wanting… Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Zero Signal Rick Wayne · 2021 In the decades after tomorrow, the intersection of emerging technologies like AI, gene editing, and 3D printing gives ordinary people unprecedented power to remake themselves and their environment, which they use for frivolous, dangerous, and even sinister ends. After a series of high-profile calamities, the U.S. Congress passes the controversial Science & Technology Control Act, which licenses… Shares: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction

Slave to Six Worlds Olivia M. Ravensworth · 2012 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Released at the end of 2012 by Pink Flamingo Publications http://www.pinkflamingo.com/brands/Olivia-Ravensworth.html , Slave to Six Worlds is a tale of the future as imagined from the Golden Age of science fiction of the 1930s—a colorful, bawdy, brawling time of atomic-powered rocketships, supremely intellectual but lustful Martians, and seductive green-skinned Venusian lesbians—in which buxom… Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction

The Machine - Le Temps des Promesses · 2025 · ★ 5.0 Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Emperor’s Edge C j cherryh · 2010 · ★ 5.0 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Moderate An enforcer wanted dead for crimes she didn’t commit... An assassin wanted dead for crimes he did commit… Normally, they would be enemies, but they both seek the same thing: exoneration. Unfortunately, a nefarious underground organization is attempting to kill the one man who could grant it to them, the emperor. If they want to win their freedom, they’ll have to battle powerful wizards,… Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

Immortal IV Valjeanne Jeffers · 2012 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Rules were broken. Now the price must be paid. “The New World awoke to a roaring wind, light blazed from the mirror—swallowing the planet—a churning, savage vortex. Tundra's inhabitants cried out, as their flesh bled from their bones like wet clay. The world shuddered. And was still.” The Immortals broke the rules. As punishment, Karla and Joseph are transported to a steam powered realm. Tehotep… Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Delirium Susan Kaye Quinn · 2013 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He's just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit of life energy,… Shares: Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Dead Isle Sam Starbuck · 2009 The year is 1880, and Jack Baker is a student at Harvard University for Engineers. In this America, industry depends on "Creation" rather than machines, and engineers are train repairmen, not inventors like Jack. Even his Creationist friend Clare thinks Jack's genius is going to waste. There is one man who knows how to put Jack to use, however: novelist and spy Ellis Graveworthy, who wants Jack… Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

The Iron Thorn (The Iron Codex #1) Caitlin Kittredge · 2011 · ★ 3.5 In an alternate 1950s, mechanically gifted fifteen-year-old Aoife Grayson, whose family has a history of going mad at sixteen, must leave the totalitarian city of Lovecraft and venture into the world of magic to solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance and the mysteries surrounding her father and the Land of Thorn. Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

La mémoire des sylphes tome 1 Flavie Bertrand · 2025 Dans un monde où une paix fragile règne entre la Finkadie et l’Archipel, Mathilde nourrit le rêve de devenir musicienne. Mais son destin bascule lorsque le Probatio la juge apte à recevoir un sylphe, un être mystique conférant à son porteur des pouvoirs exceptionnels. Dès lors, la jeune fille est contrainte d’embrasser une carrière militaire et devient Filleule de l’Empire. Envoyée à Impera, au… Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

After London Richard Jefferies · 1885 · ★ 3.1 · 198p · ≈ 6h · Challenging pages ; cm Shares: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Storm Front Jim Butcher · 2000 · ★ 4.2 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The novels of the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and non-stop fun. Storm Front is Jim Butcher's first novel and introduces his most famous and popular character-Harry Dresden, wizard for hire.For his first case, Harry is called in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with the blackest of magic. At first, the less-than-solvent Harry's eyes light up… Shares: Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Fool Moon Jim Butcher · 2001 · ★ 4.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Dresden is a wizard that resides in Chicago. He is the only wizard in the yellow pages. He helps the Chicago Police solve mystery that goes bump in the night. But what happens when FBI gets involved? To add to the confusion, it seems there is more than wizard and magic in Chicago ... there are also werewolves! Shares: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy

Heart of Brass Felicity Banks · 2016 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Heart of Brass is a steampunk fantasy and the first book in The Antipodean Queen series. Emmeline Muchamore is a well-bred young lady hiding explosive family secrets. She needs to marry well, and quickly, in order to keep her family respectable. But when her brass heart malfunctions, she makes a desperate choice to steal the parts she needs to repair it and survive. She is unable to explain her… Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

Silver and Stone Felicity Banks · 2017 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A steampunk fantasy set in Tasmania. Emmeline, Matilda, and Patrick are sworn to rescue Patrick's mother from the infamous Female Factory prison, but when a vengeful police officer tracks down their hideout, things get worse fast. Soon they're framed for a double murder and fighting a magical monster in the eerie and unfamiliar island of Tasmania. Patrick's mother hides crucial papers in a tin… Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

RoboDodo Takeover Huma Safari · 2026 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate RoboDodo Takeover is a sci-fi mini web series created by Vultoonz. The series is described as a cartoon with elements of comedy, drama, science fiction, environment, and conservation. It centers around an ornithology theme. The series is being actively developed, with a focus on lore and story. A deranged, orphaned ornithologist turned eco-terrorist unleashes a fleet of bioengineered War-birds… Shares: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction

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