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Haphazardly Implausible
Three unlikely heroes. A world teetering on the edge
of war. A mad man who will stop at nothing to gain
complete power.
Peter Jones, an Aeropilot in the Scottish Royal Air
Force, has grown up believing his parents abandoned him.
Isidore Thaddeus Reichmann, a famous detective running
from his past, is trying to save the last person he cares
about. Singur, an inventor who has been forced to hide his
real name his whole life or risk being killed, holds an
important secret. These three have never met. They live in
different countries and have little in common.
Little do they know their lives are about to entwine and
that together they have the power to save the world from
complete destruction, or destroy everything.
Loyalties are questioned. Friendships are betrayed.
Trust is shaken. Who do you turn to when the friends
you've always relied upon become your worst enemies?
of war. A mad man who will stop at nothing to gain
complete power.
Peter Jones, an Aeropilot in the Scottish Royal Air
Force, has grown up believing his parents abandoned him.
Isidore Thaddeus Reichmann, a famous detective running
from his past, is trying to save the last person he cares
about. Singur, an inventor who has been forced to hide his
real name his whole life or risk being killed, holds an
important secret. These three have never met. They live in
different countries and have little in common.
Little do they know their lives are about to entwine and
that together they have the power to save the world from
complete destruction, or destroy everything.
Loyalties are questioned. Friendships are betrayed.
Trust is shaken. Who do you turn to when the friends
you've always relied upon become your worst enemies?
- GenresSteampunk
568 pages, Paperback
First published December 9, 2012
40 people want to read
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Jack Lewis Baillot
11 books61 followers Jack is an Author who has disillusions of grandeur that she will someday write the perfect book.
She's not impossible, just a bit unlikely.
She's not impossible, just a bit unlikely.
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March 17, 2016
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Right from the beginning, this book swept me away. I've really enjoyed each book I've read of Jack's, but she just keeps amazing me. If I have a new-found interest in steampunk and the like, I'm blaming Jack. Yes, this book is that good. If you haven't read it yet, YOU MUST! Honestly, I don't know what took me so long to get around to reading this, but now I'm dying for the next book.
Set in an alternate Europe, Peter Jones is an aeropilot in the Scottish Royal Air Force. He's been in the army ever since he was seven -- when he was told his parents abandoned him. But life at a military base isn't all bad. He's got his best friend Tony to keep him company. He's basically the best pilot at the base... which means when a night air attack comes with bombs and everything, it's him the general sends up. Aeropilots don't fly at night, so Peter's mission is suicidal, yet he knows he can't back down.
And that's only the beginning! From there, the adventure unfolds, and Peter's life is never the same. Mysteries and secrets long hidden from the world come to light, and suddenly Peter must abandon everything he knows and forget where his old trusts lie. Falling among Air Pirates might not have been the ideal situation, yet that may be the key to saving his own life.
Besides Peter's adventures, we're also treated to the journey of the famous German detective, Isidore Thaddeus Reichmann, who's been hired to find the elusive Peter Jones. It's no big task for him. He's found many missing persons before, and this will be another easy task to put on his resume... that is, until he picks up a very persistent shadow... and the shadow's dog. THEN we've also got a mysterious Italian genius thrown in the mix. Singur has spent his whole life hiding... in plain sight. Too bad that doesn't work forever.
This book has an amazing cast of characters. I love how Jack incorporated all the different nationalities (i.e. Scottish, British, German, Italian, Russian, etc.) and gave each its own unique personality. Peter was a favorite right from the start, and Tony and Kirk quickly battled each other for place as my favorite. Darcy was also amazing... even when at first I didn't think I'd like that character. *cue Thorin* Never have I been so wrong in my life. Captain Hogan... ahh... too many excellent characters. I shall refrain from gushing. And then we've got airships, guns, swords, Scottish mountains, submarines... all amounting to one of the most epic adventures you can ever live within the pages of a book... or on the eye-numbing screen of your Kindle. For some reason, I don't feel that five stars do this one justice.
Advisory: Some battle descriptions/fighting/injuries/etc. Nothing overly graphic, and well-suited to the tone of the book. There is also a scene in which a man and a girl share a hotel room because they're pretending to be man and wife, but he very astutely sleeps in the closet, and nothing is ever mentioned about it again.
Right from the beginning, this book swept me away. I've really enjoyed each book I've read of Jack's, but she just keeps amazing me. If I have a new-found interest in steampunk and the like, I'm blaming Jack. Yes, this book is that good. If you haven't read it yet, YOU MUST! Honestly, I don't know what took me so long to get around to reading this, but now I'm dying for the next book.
Set in an alternate Europe, Peter Jones is an aeropilot in the Scottish Royal Air Force. He's been in the army ever since he was seven -- when he was told his parents abandoned him. But life at a military base isn't all bad. He's got his best friend Tony to keep him company. He's basically the best pilot at the base... which means when a night air attack comes with bombs and everything, it's him the general sends up. Aeropilots don't fly at night, so Peter's mission is suicidal, yet he knows he can't back down.
And that's only the beginning! From there, the adventure unfolds, and Peter's life is never the same. Mysteries and secrets long hidden from the world come to light, and suddenly Peter must abandon everything he knows and forget where his old trusts lie. Falling among Air Pirates might not have been the ideal situation, yet that may be the key to saving his own life.
Besides Peter's adventures, we're also treated to the journey of the famous German detective, Isidore Thaddeus Reichmann, who's been hired to find the elusive Peter Jones. It's no big task for him. He's found many missing persons before, and this will be another easy task to put on his resume... that is, until he picks up a very persistent shadow... and the shadow's dog. THEN we've also got a mysterious Italian genius thrown in the mix. Singur has spent his whole life hiding... in plain sight. Too bad that doesn't work forever.
This book has an amazing cast of characters. I love how Jack incorporated all the different nationalities (i.e. Scottish, British, German, Italian, Russian, etc.) and gave each its own unique personality. Peter was a favorite right from the start, and Tony and Kirk quickly battled each other for place as my favorite. Darcy was also amazing... even when at first I didn't think I'd like that character. *cue Thorin* Never have I been so wrong in my life. Captain Hogan... ahh... too many excellent characters. I shall refrain from gushing. And then we've got airships, guns, swords, Scottish mountains, submarines... all amounting to one of the most epic adventures you can ever live within the pages of a book... or on the eye-numbing screen of your Kindle. For some reason, I don't feel that five stars do this one justice.
Advisory: Some battle descriptions/fighting/injuries/etc. Nothing overly graphic, and well-suited to the tone of the book. There is also a scene in which a man and a girl share a hotel room because they're pretending to be man and wife, but he very astutely sleeps in the closet, and nothing is ever mentioned about it again.
May 17, 2012
Incredible! I absolutely loved it! The characters are all so entertaining and loveable, and the plot is very exciting and kept me wanting to read more! All in all a great book! <3
June 14, 2013
This story has a very complex plot. You will follow three main characters, who are all seemingly unrelated at first, and who are all operating in different parts of the world. Despite this fact, however, I found that the author handled these various story lines quite well, and I never felt like skimming through any part of the story to find out what was happening in another part of the story. (Sometimes that happens, when an author is following one main character, then switches at some crucial moment to a totally different character for a chapter or two). However, with this book I never wanted to skip ahead. Every plot line had me thoroughly hooked. I spent the entire book wondering how these various characters' stories were going to intersect.
The characters are very well-developed, despite there being quite a few of them. (I love a story with a large cast, though).
This is definitely the first book in a series, and the end leaves you hanging a bit. So, if you don't like waiting for the end, you may want to wait until the rest of the series is finished and available. The story wraps up fairly well, answering enough questions that you don't feel like you just stepped off a cliff and found nothing but air beneath you. But there is a lot of story left to discover. I can't wait to read the sequel, and I look forward to reading more of this author.
I also love that I can recommend this book without reservations. It is intense, and I'm a little worried that some of my favorite characters are going to end up dead before the story is over, because Jack is always talking about how she's having to kill off characters over on her blog (never revealing which ones, though!!!), but the writing is clean and family-friendly. (Which you all know I appreciate rather a lot!)
The characters are very well-developed, despite there being quite a few of them. (I love a story with a large cast, though).
This is definitely the first book in a series, and the end leaves you hanging a bit. So, if you don't like waiting for the end, you may want to wait until the rest of the series is finished and available. The story wraps up fairly well, answering enough questions that you don't feel like you just stepped off a cliff and found nothing but air beneath you. But there is a lot of story left to discover. I can't wait to read the sequel, and I look forward to reading more of this author.
I also love that I can recommend this book without reservations. It is intense, and I'm a little worried that some of my favorite characters are going to end up dead before the story is over, because Jack is always talking about how she's having to kill off characters over on her blog (never revealing which ones, though!!!), but the writing is clean and family-friendly. (Which you all know I appreciate rather a lot!)
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