{"product_id":"gideon-smith-and-the-mechanical-gir-paperback","title":"Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Gir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Barnett's \u003ci\u003eGideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantastical steampunk fable set against an alternate historical backdrop: the ultimate Victoriana\/steampunk mash-up  \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNineteenth century London is the center of a vast British Empire. Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over three-quarters of the known world--including the East Coast of America, following the failed revolution of 1775. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon might as well be a world away from Sandsend, a tiny village on the Yorkshire coast. Gideon Smith dreams of the adventure promised him by the lurid tales of Captain Lucian Trigger, the Hero of the Empire, told in Gideon's favorite penny dreadful. When Gideon's father is lost at sea in highly mysterious circumstances Gideon is convinced that supernatural forces are at work. Deciding only Captain Lucian Trigger himself can aid him, Gideon sets off for London. On the way he rescues the mysterious mechanical girl Maria from a tumbledown house of shadows and iniquities. Together they make for London, where Gideon finally meets Captain Trigger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Trigger is little more than an aging fraud, providing cover for the covert activities of his lover, Dr. John Reed, a privateer and sometime agent of the British Crown. Looking for heroes but finding only frauds and crooks, it falls to Gideon to step up to the plate and attempt to save the day...but can a humble fisherman really become the true Hero of the Empire?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVID BARNETT is an award-winning journalist, currently multimedia content manager of the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u0026amp; Argus\u003c\/i\u003e, cultural reviewer for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e on Sunday, and he has done features for \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAngelglass\u003c\/i\u003e (described by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e as stunning), \u003ci\u003eHinterland\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003epopCULT!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131766673543,"sku":"9780765334244","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e408806e24407a2f1af3d20eae513e2c.webp?v=1732621138","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/gideon-smith-and-the-mechanical-gir-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}