{"product_id":"9781800249943","title":"A Clockwork River","description":"Author: Emery, J.S.\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781800249943\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 736 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLower Rhumbsford is a city far removed from its glory days. On the banks of the great River Rhumb, its founding fathers channelled the river's mighty flow into a subterranean labyrinth of pipes, valves and sluices, a feat of hydraulic prowess that would come to power an empire. But a thousand years have passed since then, and something is wrong- the pipes are leaking, the valves stuck, the sluices silted, and the once-torrential Rhumb has been reduced to a sluggish trickle.\u003cbr\u003eThe fortunes of the Locke family, descendants of the city's most celebrated engineer, are similarly reduced. In a once-fashionable quarter of the once-great city, siblings Samuel and Briony Locke are about to be drawn into a web of ancestral secrets and imperial intrigues, as a ruthless new power arises...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork River\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Exuberant isn't often a word you'd apply to fantasy novels, but \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork River\u003c\/i\u003e rushes along at a pace to match the waterway at its heart' \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Delightfully weird and clever' \u003ci\u003eGrimdark Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Oh, just plunge into this \"hydro-punk\" fantasy novel, will you' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46631853064350,"sku":"UBD-9781800249943","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781800249943.jpg?v=1774310272","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781800249943","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}