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Into the Ether
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As a Touch-Know, Genevieve has never been required to steal more than a few paltry coins. But when a powerful stranger requires their help, her family of street-wise thieves sends her to get the most important thing they’ve ever decided to liberate. It was supposed to be a simple overnight job. Instead, Genevieve is required to appear attached to her mark, the curator of the British Museum. For Genevieve it becomes more than an act, and her problems are far more significant than the possibility of her lies being discovered.
When her family betrays her, she must make an important choice – turn to the man who has destroyed everything she holds dear, or strike out on her own.
As a Touch-Know, Genevieve has never been required to steal more than a few paltry coins. But when a powerful stranger requires their help, her family of street-wise thieves sends her to get the most important thing they’ve ever decided to liberate. It was supposed to be a simple overnight job. Instead, Genevieve is required to appear attached to her mark, the curator of the British Museum. For Genevieve it becomes more than an act, and her problems are far more significant than the possibility of her lies being discovered.
When her family betrays her, she must make an important choice – turn to the man who has destroyed everything she holds dear, or strike out on her own.
- GenresSteampunkYoung Adult
138 pages, ebook
First published February 27, 2011
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About the author
Vanessa Barger
5 books57 followersVanessa Barger was born in West Virginia, and through several moves ended up spending the majority of her life in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is a graduate of George Mason University and Old Dominion University, and has degrees in Graphic Design, a minor in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, and a Masters in Technology Education. She has had articles published in Altered Arts Magazine, has had some artwork displayed in galleries in Ohio and online, and currently teaches engineering, practical physics, drafting and other technological things to high school students in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. She is a member of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators), the Virginia Writer's Club, and the Hampton Roads Writers. When not writing or teaching, she’s a bookaholic, movie fanatic, and loves to travel. She is married to a fabulous man, and has one cat, who believes Vanessa lives only to open cat food cans, and can often be found baking when she should be editing.
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April 7, 2011
Claudette's Review
Into the Ether is a steampunk novel written in the first person. The main character, Genevive ‘Gennie’ is a teenage street thief, not a particularly good one, but it is her other gift that interests the leader of the gang she works for. Her ability to detect things about an object based on touch. Objects literally speak to her, and the older an object is, the more sentient. Justin, the leader of her gang, is commissioned by some dubious and dangerous men, with obtaining an object in a jewellery box at the British Museum. She has no idea what the object is or what it looks like, but is told that she will know it, when she sees it. Her intention is firstly to find the object and then to plan how to steal it. Getting into the museum is easy, but when the jewellery box tells her to ask the curator about the object she’s seeking, she has to adjust her plans. The curator, Colonel Worthington is an older man, who clearly is more than he seems. He gives Gennie a job, but both he and one of the museum assistants, Thomason, an automaton, know more about Gennie, than Gennie does herself. Colonel Worthington, the curater used to work for the British Government, and has been entrusted with the box, which everyone is trying to get hold of. . Either Gennie is incredibly transparent or he has a good nose for sniffing out lies, and is aware that she too, is after the box.
In the following days, Colonel Worthington becomes a friend to Gennie and she comes to trust him and rely on him. She also becomes more guilt ridden and conflicted about stealing the object. Several of the children from her street gang have disappeared and the police seem to be press-ganging them into slavery.. Her friend Terry, warns her, that she needs to stay ‘low’ and that the shadowy men are getting impatient with how long it is taking her to complete her job. Then Terry is first beaten and then abducted as a threat. She realises that she is being watched closely enough for ‘them’ to realise that she no longer wants to steal the object.
With Terry’s safety hanging over her head, Gennie has to make the bad guys realise that she is far more than a tool; she is also a force to be reckoned with.
In many ways the experience is a coming of age for Gennie, she loses her rose colored glasses, and starts to see people she formally trusted, as they really are. I found the novel to be both gripping and suspenseful.
5 Tea Cups!
Into the Ether is a steampunk novel written in the first person. The main character, Genevive ‘Gennie’ is a teenage street thief, not a particularly good one, but it is her other gift that interests the leader of the gang she works for. Her ability to detect things about an object based on touch. Objects literally speak to her, and the older an object is, the more sentient. Justin, the leader of her gang, is commissioned by some dubious and dangerous men, with obtaining an object in a jewellery box at the British Museum. She has no idea what the object is or what it looks like, but is told that she will know it, when she sees it. Her intention is firstly to find the object and then to plan how to steal it. Getting into the museum is easy, but when the jewellery box tells her to ask the curator about the object she’s seeking, she has to adjust her plans. The curator, Colonel Worthington is an older man, who clearly is more than he seems. He gives Gennie a job, but both he and one of the museum assistants, Thomason, an automaton, know more about Gennie, than Gennie does herself. Colonel Worthington, the curater used to work for the British Government, and has been entrusted with the box, which everyone is trying to get hold of. . Either Gennie is incredibly transparent or he has a good nose for sniffing out lies, and is aware that she too, is after the box.
In the following days, Colonel Worthington becomes a friend to Gennie and she comes to trust him and rely on him. She also becomes more guilt ridden and conflicted about stealing the object. Several of the children from her street gang have disappeared and the police seem to be press-ganging them into slavery.. Her friend Terry, warns her, that she needs to stay ‘low’ and that the shadowy men are getting impatient with how long it is taking her to complete her job. Then Terry is first beaten and then abducted as a threat. She realises that she is being watched closely enough for ‘them’ to realise that she no longer wants to steal the object.
With Terry’s safety hanging over her head, Gennie has to make the bad guys realise that she is far more than a tool; she is also a force to be reckoned with.
In many ways the experience is a coming of age for Gennie, she loses her rose colored glasses, and starts to see people she formally trusted, as they really are. I found the novel to be both gripping and suspenseful.
5 Tea Cups!
April 21, 2011
Very well written and beautiful cover. Sweet with very little romance. The story and plot were good. This was a perfect YA mystery novel. The only thing I would have liked better was if I'd known what was in the box! :)
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