18 books like The Dragons of Dorcastle

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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

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

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

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

Reborn as a Baron Lord Han Yang · 2020 · 365p · ≈ 12h · Moderate ∞Bradley is reborn on a wonderous planet filled with quirky robots, awesome gizmos, unique augmentations, and the best part is, everything runs on steam obtained through daring adventures. ∞When you aim for the stars you're more likely to crash and burn. Bradley never aimed for the stars. He was content to meander through mediocrity. Until he died.On Gearnix he can be anything. The planet runs on… Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

Age of Victoria Alston Sleet · 2019 · ★ 3.4 · 301p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Victoria Blythe wanted adventure. She wanted to explore the world and escape from the strict etiquette of British nobility. With her father fighting in India, the governess assigned to raise her controlled every aspect of her life. The financial downturn of a friend of the family would lead to her sister's longtime engagement turning into an immediate marriage. Victoria's thirst for adventure… Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

L’homme le plus doué du monde Edward Page Mitchell · 2013 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction

Heartless Gail Carriger · 2011 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault in the fourth book of the NYT bestselling Parasol Protectorate series. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past. Top that off with a sister who has joined the suffragette movement (shocking!), Madame Lefoux's latest mechanical… Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Alchemy of Stone Ekaterina Sedia · 2008 · ★ 3.6 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Mattie, an intelligent automaton skilled in the use of alchemy, finds herself caught in the middle of a conflict between gargoyles, the Mechanics, and the Alchemists. With the old order quickly giving way to the new, Mattie discovers powerful and dangerous secrets -- secrets that can completely alter the balance of power in the city of Ayona. However, this doesn't sit well with Loharri, the… Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Dampfmaschinen und rauchende Colts Chris Schlicht · 2014 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares: Steampunk, Fantasy

Steaming into a Victorian future Julie Anne Taddeo · 2012 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Examines various manifestations of steampunk in order to better understand steampunk sub-culture & its effect on popular culture & wider society. Expands & extends existing scholarship on steampunk in order to explore many previously unconsidered questions about cultural creativity, social networking, fandom, appropriation, & creation of meaning. Shares: Steampunk, Science Fiction

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