Every Clockwork Century book has been better than the one before, in my view. Ganymede is no exception. It's got the requisite strong female lead, huge and mysterious steam-driven war machine, zombies, and very loosely interpreted American history. And it's got what keeps making the series more and more interesting to me - scope.

Ganymede continues the trend in addressing more and more of the larger political scene in this alternate America where the Civil War has dragged on for twenty years. And while the zombies are definitely a sub-plot to that, they make a very creepy backdrop and make it very clear that they're going to be an integral part of the finale. New Orleans is a great setting for pretty much everything, and hey, strong, independent woman of color as the main character! How often does that happen?

I tore through Ganymede in half a day, and am only sorry that I have to wait for the next one.