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In a fortieth-century America of ancient kingdoms with opulent courts, hereditary engineering guilds, and rigid class distinction in warfare, a centuries-old balance of power is shattered by a few dozen Australian infiltrators. Against a rich backdrop of war, chivalry, conspiracy, and a diesel-powered arms race, a dangerous secret alliance has formed. Now the unlikely trio of an airlord, an abbess, and a fugitive are joined together in a desperate race against time to stop the ultimate show more doomsday machine from being launched: show lessTags
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As the second book in McMullen's Greatwinter trilogy, The Miocene Arrow doesn't deliver quite as satisfyingly as his first entry, but it introduces many new and memorable characters as well as their unique societies. The people of post-apocalyptic North America have developed steam-powered airplanes with which they define the social strata and settle political disputes. This effectively graduates the reader from the clockpunk of Souls in the Great Machine to the steam/dieselpunk of The Miocene Arrow. This novel serves to advance the meta-plot a bit more by focusing on global intrigue as well as political conflicts and also improves the reader's understanding of the source of the Siren Call a bit more.
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