The Clockwork Century Series by Cherie Priest

3.69 · 135 ratings
  • Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century #1)
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    Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century #1)

    Cherie Priest

    Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings · published 2009

    In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice. Thus was Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born... more

  • Clementine (The Clockwork Century #1.1)
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    Clementine (The Clockwork Century #1.1)

    Cherie Priest

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2010

    Maria Isabella Boyd’s success as a Confederate spy has made her too famous for further espionage work, and now her employment options are slim. Exiled, widowed, and on the brink of poverty…she reluctantly goes to work for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago.Adding insult to injury, her first big assignment is commissioned by the Union Army. In short, a federally sponsored transport dirigible is being violently pursued across the Rockies and Uncle Sam isn’t pleased... more

  • Dreadnought (The Clockwork Century #2)
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    Dreadnought (The Clockwork Century #2)

    Cherie Priest

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2010

    Mercy Lynch is working at a war hospital in Richmond, Virginia, when she learns that her husband has died in a POW camp and her estranged father is gravely injured and wishes to see her. With no good reason to stay in Virginia, Mercy sets out to see her father in Seattle.But crossing the country is no small task; it's a harrowing adventure through war-torn border states by dirigible, rail, and the Mississippi River. And once Mercy finally arrives in St... more

  • Ganymede (The Clockwork Century #3)
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    Ganymede (The Clockwork Century #3)

    Cherie Priest

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    The air pirate Andan Cly is going straight. Well, straighter. Although he’s happy to run alcohol guns wherever the money’s good, he doesn’t think the world needs more sap, or its increasingly ugly side-effects. But becoming legit is easier said than done, and Cly’s first legal gig—a supply run for the Seattle Underground—will be paid for by sap money.New Orleans is not Cly’s first pick for a shopping run... more

  • The Inexplicables (The Clockwork Century #4)
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    The Inexplicables (The Clockwork Century #4)

    Cherie Priest

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2012

    Rector “Wreck ’em” Sherman was orphaned as a toddler in the Blight of 1863, but that was years ago. Wreck has grown up, and on his eighteenth birthday, he’ll be cast out out of the orphanage.And Wreck’s problems aren’t merely about finding a home. He’s been quietly breaking the cardinal rule of any good drug dealer and dipping into his own supply of the sap he sells... more

  • Fiddlehead (The Clockwork Century #5)
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    Fiddlehead (The Clockwork Century #5)

    Cherie Priest

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2013

    Ex-spy ‘Belle Boyd’ is retired – more or less. Retired from spying on the Confederacy anyway. Her short-lived marriage to a Union navy boy cast suspicion on those Southern loyalties, so her mid-forties found her unemployed, widowed and disgraced. Until her life-changing job offer from the staunchly Union Pinkerton Detective Agency.When she’s required to assist Abraham Lincoln himself, she has to put any old loyalties firmly aside – for a man she spied against twenty years ago... more

  • Jacaranda (The Clockwork Century #6)
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    Jacaranda (The Clockwork Century #6)

    Cherie Priest

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2014

    The RangerOn the island of Galveston, off the coast of southeast Texas, lies a hotel called the Jacaranda. In its single year of operation, two dozen people have died there. The locals say it's cursed. The Rangers say that's nonsense, but they know a man who might be willing to investigate. Horatio Korman crosses the water from the mainland, and hopes for the best.The NunBut the bodies pile up, and a hurricane is brewing up fast... more

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