The Clockwork Oracle

by David L. Drake, Katherine L. Morse, A.J. Sikes

The future could be yours. Or you could go mad. Do you dare look into the Clockwork Oracle? The Oracles at Delphi have long predicted the future for those willing to make the journey and pay homage. This truth is told in Hellenic texts. But what is not told is that the Oracle is far more than a priestess caught in the visions of the gods. The Clockwork Oracle was crafted by gods and lost by mortals millennia past. Join us in an adventure through the lost and found of ancient history, through the streets of Victorian London, the halls of Versailles, the battlefields of the War to End All Wars, the futuristic city of Nova Arete, the digital corridors of the Internet, and the exoplanets of Orion. David L. Drake, Katherine L. Morse, AJ Sikes, BJ Sikes, and Dover Whitecliff have looked into the Clockwork Oracle. Will you?

262 pages, Paperback

Published February 16, 2018

Reviews

[That Mrs. C · Rating 5 out of 5]

An engaging and energetic anthology, Clockwork Oracle presents the temporal journey of a prophesy orb from its creation by an ancient Greek deity to a steampunk London and Paris and ultimately across time, space, and dimensions unknown. The short story, "The Internet of Undead Things" by Katherine Morse, in particular, is salient and compelling for today's consumers of social media. A MUST READ!

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun anthology, good storytelling woven together by a common device: the clockwork oracle. The different styles of each of the authors are allowed to shine through, even so. I enjoyed all of the stories, but particular favorites were Wagner’s Silent Night by AJ Sikes and The Internet of Undead Things by Katherine Morse.

[Kaci Strickland · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is good in that each story has it's own uniqueness in how it is written. For me I had a preference for the stories Cass&Ra by Dover Whitecliff and Yandell's folly by David l. Drake and katherine L. Morse.