Pacemaker: Volume I: The Ever Curious Ada Lovelace

by Justin Andrew Hoke

Ada Lovelace is not your average 19 year old girl growing up in the 19th century. She's a programmer, a mechanic, an enchantress of numbers. While interning for the great Charles Babbage she finds that there is more to the Difference Engine than sequences and algorithms. It is the brain of the clockwork pacemaker, driven by steam and the genius of a man bent on saving his son's life. Henry Babbage is only 8 years old and in the world he may never grow up in, there are no medicinal cures available for his terrible condition. His heart is about to give out. Ada takes the challenge and commits herself to solving the secret of the Difference Engine to save a life and create the first Pacemaker.

104 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2014

Reviews

[Sherri Rabinowitz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just finished my very first Steampunk novel. I don't know what I expected but I was impressed. It was like a novel by Jules Verne. There is a big heart in the book and that is really what captured me and kept me going. It is about a young woman named, Ada Lovelace and her first job as an intern for the great Charles Babbage. She finds herself truly intrigued by machines the man created but really captures is Charles' eight year old son Henry. A wonderful read!

[Ralph McEwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this story and I am look forward to #2. The ending surprised me. I should have expected it with the book being a Steampunk Dreadful.

[Darren · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is madness!
Tis a silly thing to stop just when things get going!
It's a phenomenal bit of writing, I cannot wait to see the next exciting volume!