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Tom Derringer and the Electrical Empire
Professor Aloysius Vanderhart has been kidnapped, and his daughter has asked young adventurer Tom Derringer to find him and bring him home. Other scientists and adventurers have also gone missing. Who took them, and why?
The search for those answers plunges Tom into new adventures -- and into the heart of a mad millionaire's electrical empire!
The search for those answers plunges Tom into new adventures -- and into the heart of a mad millionaire's electrical empire!
279 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2023
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April 5, 2023
Young Tom Derringer, along with his companion, associate, and aid Betsy Vanderhart have, in their brief time in the actual business of "Adventuring," faced amazing foes and traveled to far and dangerous lands. From their initial chase of a fantastical airship across the American southwest and the jungles of Mexico, through the miles spanning tunnels beneath Los Angeles in search of a would-be world conqueror, to the rough and still mostly unsettled Utah Territory to find another lost adventurer while battling seeming creatures of the past, Tom and Betsy have faced and meet challenges while fighting and defeating men of evil-intent wherever they exist.
Now, a more personal threat calls the two back to the east coast. Adventurers and Scientists have been disappearing, and now Betsy's own father has fallen among those. Hurrying home, Tom soon finds that the disappearances may be tied to a scheme that may affect the future of the world.
Book 4 of THE ADVENTURES OF TOM DERRINGER allows author Lawrence Watt-Evans to return his two main characters to their roots as they return to address personal threats. In the previous three stories, LWE has given his readers a Tom and Betsy that are learning their craft while responding to new threats and strange situations. The stories and their antagonists are of a wonderous nature and are fun and exciting reads. In this, the 4th entry, LWE confronts Tom and Betsy with an adventure that's more grounded in its heroes and villains. Having said that, the dangling plot thread that LWE weaves throughout this tale looks to foreshadow a truly amazing adventure in a future story.
Just and aside, those of us who have been following LWE during his research for these stories that are set in an early period of American history, have been aware and astonished by the amount of authenticity and attention to the details of 1880s society. He always strives to present a story to his readers as if they were actually living in the period he gives us.
Here's hoping for at least another 4 books.
Now, a more personal threat calls the two back to the east coast. Adventurers and Scientists have been disappearing, and now Betsy's own father has fallen among those. Hurrying home, Tom soon finds that the disappearances may be tied to a scheme that may affect the future of the world.
Book 4 of THE ADVENTURES OF TOM DERRINGER allows author Lawrence Watt-Evans to return his two main characters to their roots as they return to address personal threats. In the previous three stories, LWE has given his readers a Tom and Betsy that are learning their craft while responding to new threats and strange situations. The stories and their antagonists are of a wonderous nature and are fun and exciting reads. In this, the 4th entry, LWE confronts Tom and Betsy with an adventure that's more grounded in its heroes and villains. Having said that, the dangling plot thread that LWE weaves throughout this tale looks to foreshadow a truly amazing adventure in a future story.
Just and aside, those of us who have been following LWE during his research for these stories that are set in an early period of American history, have been aware and astonished by the amount of authenticity and attention to the details of 1880s society. He always strives to present a story to his readers as if they were actually living in the period he gives us.
Here's hoping for at least another 4 books.
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February 3, 2023Fun book with a young adventurer of the late 19th century. It isn't necessary to read earlier books in the series, but recommended.
The style is a 1st person journal with a voice of similar books from that era.
The books have some fantastic elements, but are researched to follow rumors and facts from real life (One event actually occurred in May 7, 1884).
When I find books from this series are released, I always pre-order them for my enjoyment.
The style is a 1st person journal with a voice of similar books from that era.
The books have some fantastic elements, but are researched to follow rumors and facts from real life (One event actually occurred in May 7, 1884).
When I find books from this series are released, I always pre-order them for my enjoyment.
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