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How much easier everything looks when you can't see a thing.
Ikey wanted to stay on the farm and care for the uncle who made him a master mechanic, but a lost bet with the Admiral changed everything.
Forced to accompany the Admiral to Whitby, Ikey is soon in the thick of the Admiral's secret project--an airship like no other, one that will seal Great Britain's victory in World War I. Trapped in a strange, new world, and apprenticed to a gruff but brilliant engineer named Cross, Ikey seeks comfort in the company of Cross's mysterious wife, Rose. She obscures her face with a veil and keeps the house dark at all hours. Her impossibly long, beautiful fingers stop Ikey’s breath and leave him wondering about her nature.
As Ikey works to unravel Rose's secrets, he is caught up in a web of lies and deceit that threatens the airship, his relationship with Rose, and even his very life. Challenged from all sides, Ikey must decide what he values most, and what price he will pay for love.
Ikey wanted to stay on the farm and care for the uncle who made him a master mechanic, but a lost bet with the Admiral changed everything.
Forced to accompany the Admiral to Whitby, Ikey is soon in the thick of the Admiral's secret project--an airship like no other, one that will seal Great Britain's victory in World War I. Trapped in a strange, new world, and apprenticed to a gruff but brilliant engineer named Cross, Ikey seeks comfort in the company of Cross's mysterious wife, Rose. She obscures her face with a veil and keeps the house dark at all hours. Her impossibly long, beautiful fingers stop Ikey’s breath and leave him wondering about her nature.
As Ikey works to unravel Rose's secrets, he is caught up in a web of lies and deceit that threatens the airship, his relationship with Rose, and even his very life. Challenged from all sides, Ikey must decide what he values most, and what price he will pay for love.
272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 10, 2016
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December 22, 2023
Self-published, but perfectly edited and technically the writer's skills were good. I thought I would finish this book, at first the story did interest me, but there was one issue: All the characters hated the main character and hated each other. They were all so miserable and all so mean, it drained all the enjoyment from reading it.
Plot: Set in what seemed like an alternate real world, sometime around WW1 maybe, a boy and his uncle repaired mechanical things for all the farms of their area. One day a high ranking military man arrived and recruited the boy to be an apprentice at the factory building a military air ship. This should have been a turn for the better, but the boy went from an physically abusive home life to a mentally/emotionally abusive life in the new city.
I made it to nearly the halfway point (46%) before DNFing it. The plot really slowed down and every single character other than the main character was simply a miserable, abusive bastard.
Plot: Set in what seemed like an alternate real world, sometime around WW1 maybe, a boy and his uncle repaired mechanical things for all the farms of their area. One day a high ranking military man arrived and recruited the boy to be an apprentice at the factory building a military air ship. This should have been a turn for the better, but the boy went from an physically abusive home life to a mentally/emotionally abusive life in the new city.
I made it to nearly the halfway point (46%) before DNFing it. The plot really slowed down and every single character other than the main character was simply a miserable, abusive bastard.
January 26, 2017
excellent story line. believable characters that make you want to learn more about them. a plot twist. waiting for the next book with bated breath.
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