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Cherie Priest

    July 30, 1975

    Cherie Priest is renowned for her steampunk pulp adventures within the Clockwork Century series, initiated by Boneshaker. Her works are celebrated for their distinctive style and compelling narratives, earning them nominations for prestigious literary awards and translations into numerous languages. Through her writing, Priest explores captivating themes, offering readers unforgettable literary experiences.

    Cherie Priest
    The Inexplicables
    Hellbent
    Ganymede
    Dreadnought
    I Am Princess X
    The Book of Cthulhu
    • Cinderwich

      • 184 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      The search for answers surrounding a long-dead woman found in a tree drives Kate Thrush and Dr. Judith Kane to the decaying town of Cinderwich, Tennessee. As they investigate the mystery of Ellen, who may be linked to both women, they encounter a community unwilling to confront its dark past. Their quest for closure reveals unsettling truths about the town and its history, leading them to confront the hidden malevolence that has festered beneath the surface.

      Cinderwich2024
      3.5
    • Mýtné

      • 328 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Vydejte se na výlet do hororového prostředí americké jižanské gotiky. Státní silnice 177 se táhne podél močálu Okefenokee ve státě Georgie. Když tudy člověk projíždí od východu k západu, mine na trase před vstupem do parku šest mostů. Když ale jede od západu k východu, může jich jednou za čas potkat i sedm. Raději by však měl doufat, že se tak nestane… Titus a Melanie Bellovi jsou na cestě do parku Okefenokee, aby tam strávili líbánky plavbou po močálu na kánoi. Než dorazí na místo určení, kde na ně čeká rezervovaná chatka, potká je na cestě malé zdržení. Vozovka se začne zužovat a oni jsou nuceni zastavit před starým vratkým mostem s kamennými pilíři, kudy může projet maximálně jedno auto. Když se později Titus probudí uprostřed silnice, po mostě se slehla zem a stejně tak i po jeho ženě. Zavolá tedy na policii, kde mu ale oznámí, že na Státní silnici 177 se žádný takový most nenachází… Napínavý hororový román se svéráznými postavami a ještě svéráznějším jižanským městečkem, který vás dost možná na čas odradí od návštěvy jakéhokoliv močálu.

      Mýtné2020
      2.7
    • I Am Princess X

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A gripping narrative intertwines the lives of best friends and their shared passion for a mysterious webcomic, leading them on a quest involving a long-lost girl. The story is uniquely enhanced with illustrations throughout, blending prose and comics to create an engaging reading experience.

      I Am Princess X2016
      4.1
    • Dreadnought

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Mercy Lynch is just a frustrated nurse who wants to see her father before he dies. But she'll have to survive both Union intrigue and Confederate opposition if she wants to make it off the Union-operated, Tacoma-bound "Dreadnought" alive

      Dreadnought2012
      3.9
    • The Inexplicables

      • 566 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      In this fifth installment in the Clockwork Century steampunk adventure series, Rector "Wreck 'em" Sherman, a drug dealer haunted by the ghost of a kid he used to know, sneaks over the wall into the wasteland of Seattle where he makes a shocking discovery that changes everything.

      The Inexplicables2012
      3.7
    • Hellbent

      • 338 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      With the government now off her tail, vampire and superthief Raylene Pendle is up to her old tricks, hired to retrieve a valuable magical artefact. But this time, a powerful witch also wants the artefact. So now, Raylene must cross the country with ex-Navy SEAL and fabulous drag queen Adrian, trying to juggle two incredibly tricky assignments.

      Hellbent2011
      3.8
    • Bloodshot

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Raylene Pendle (aka Cheshire Red) is a vampire and world-renowned thief. When the infuriatingly charming Ian Stott asks for help, Raylene doesn't bargain for a case that takes her from the wilds of Minneapolis to the mean streets of Atlanta.

      Bloodshot2011
      3.7
    • Tales of tentacles, terror, and madness from the publisher who brought you Wastelands, The Living Dead, and Brave New Worlds First described by visionary author H. P. Lovecraft, the Cthulhu mythos encompass a pantheon of truly existential cosmic horror: Eldritch, uncaring, alien god-things, beyond mankind’s deepest imaginings, drawing ever nearer, insatiably hungry, until one day, when the stars are right.… As that dread day, hinted at within the moldering pages of the fabled Necronomicon, draws nigh, tales of the Great Old Ones—Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, Hastur, Azathoth, Nyarlathotep, and the weird cults that worship them—have cross-pollinated, drawing authors and other dreamers to imagine the strange dark aeons ahead, when the dead-but-dreaming gods return. Now, intrepid anthologist Ross E. Lockhart has delved deep into the Cthulhu canon, selecting from myriad mind-wracking tomes twenty-seven sanity-shattering stories of cosmic terror. Featuring fiction by many of today’s masters of the menacing, macabre, and monstrous, including Laird Barron, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Thomas Ligotti, The Book of Cthulhu goes where no collection of Cthulhu mythos tales has gone before: to the very edge of madness... and beyond! Do you dare open The Book of Cthulhu? Do you dare heed the call?

      The Book of Cthulhu2011
      4.1
    • Ganymede

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Josephine Early, New Orleans brothel owner and Union spy, has a mission. And it might just end the Civil War. She must deliver Ganymede, an astonishing prototype submarine, to the North. But the giant war machine is at the bottom of a lake, no one has safely piloted it and she must sneak its huge bulk past enemy forces. Luckily, she knows the right man for the job. She hasn't seen former lover and air-pirate Andan Cly for years, but has a sweet job to tempt him back. He agrees to help, but his primary mission is to retrieve supplies for blighted Seattle, where noxious gas has forced residents underground and undead rotters menace the city. Although legit, the Seattle run makes Cly uncomfortable. He no longer flies sap, disapproving of the drug's ugly side-effects, and the job is funded with sap money. Josephine's jaunt could be a great distraction. But will they make history, or end up at the bottom of the ocean? 'Priest is at the top of her game ... the best yet' Publishers Weekly, 'Ganymede centres on intrigue and espionage', SFRevu.com, 'Alternative history storytelling at its finest' BookSlut.com

      Ganymede2011
      3.9
    • Clementine

      • 204 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Maria Isabella Boyd's success as a Confederate spy has made her too famous for further espionage work, and now her employment options are slim. Exiled, widowed, and on the brink of poverty - she reluctantly goes to work for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago. Adding insult to injury, her first big assignment is commissioned by the Union Army. A federally sponsored transport dirigible is being violently pursued across the Rockies and Uncle Sam isn't pleased. Intelligence suggests that the unrelenting pursuer is a runaway slave who's been wanted by authorities on both sides of the Mason-Dixon for fifteen years. In that time, Captain Croggon Beauregard Hainey has felonied his way back and forth across the continent, leaving a trail of broken banks, stolen war machines, and illegally distributed weaponry from sea to shining sea. And now it s Maria's job to go get him

      Clementine2011
      3.7
    • Inventor Leviticus Blue creates a machine that accidentally decimates Seattle's banking district and uncovers a vein of Blight Gas that turns everyone who breathes it into the living dead. Sixteen years later Briar, Blue's widow, lives in the poor neighborhood outside the wall that's been built around the uninhabitable city. Life is tough with a ruined reputation, but she and her teenage son Ezekiel are surviving - until Zeke impetuously decides that he must reclaim his father's name from the clutches of history

      Boneshaker2009
      3.6