The Daemon Device
Book One of the Enchanter Chronicles
by Jeri Westerson
London, 1891. Dirigibles, like dark leviathans, surge through the sooty skies of London. Steam powers the engines that supply electricity to the new lights along the Thames. And strange murder appears on the seamy streets.
Someone is killing women and gutting them for their body parts. Is it Jack the Ripper returned, or a far more sinister plot afoot than murder?
Magician Leopold Kazsmer, the Great Enchanter, ashamed of his Jewish-Gypsy blood, has fashioned himself into a proper English gentleman, though he harbors a carefully guarded secret; he has learned the dangerous art of summoning daemons and through it, performs real magic.
With the help of Raj, a tarot-reading automated man, and Eurynomos, a shrewd Jewish daemon, Leopold must discover what is behind the revolting murders that suddenly seem to involve tight-lipped German scientists, Golems in a plot of world domination, ghosts, demons, and the beautiful Scotland Yard Special Inspector, Mingli Zhao. Is she truly from the secret depths of Scotland Yard or is she instead a heartless spy and murderess?
Momma Says: 3 stars⭐⭐⭐
First and foremost, that is one great cover, is it not? It catches the eye, and everything I expect to find in a steampunk novel is featured on the cover. That said, steampunk is not a genre I normally gravitate toward, but this one caught my attention. World-building and character development were well done, and the story did hold my interest despite being a bit slower-paced than I prefer. In the end, steampunk may not be my favorite genre, but Jeri Westerson does weave a darn good tale.
First and foremost, that is one great cover, is it not? It catches the eye, and everything I expect to find in a steampunk novel is featured on the cover. That said, steampunk is not a genre I normally gravitate toward, but this one caught my attention. World-building and character development were well done, and the story did hold my interest despite being a bit slower-paced than I prefer. In the end, steampunk may not be my favorite genre, but Jeri Westerson does weave a darn good tale.
❃❃ARC provided by the author
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