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[Ganymede] [published: October, 2011]
The Clockwork Century • Book 3
by Cherie Priest
Why You'll Love This
A steampunk submarine heist set in Civil War-era New Orleans sounds like it shouldn't work — and yet Priest pulls it off with swagger.
- Great if you want: alternate history with grit, romance, and morally gray heroes
- The experience: adventure-driven and propulsive, with a vivid sense of place
- The writing: Priest blends genre mechanics and atmosphere without letting either overwhelm
- Skip if: you haven't read the series — context gaps may frustrate you
About This Book
In the steam-powered, zombie-haunted world of Cherie Priest's Clockwork Century, New Orleans becomes the unlikely center of a tense wartime gamble. Air pirate Andan Cly is trying to leave his shadiest dealings behind—but his attempt at going legitimate drops him straight into the arms of his past and a dangerous secret buried beneath the Mississippi. At the heart of it all is Josephine Early, a woman with her own formidable agenda and a machine that could shift the balance of the Civil War. The stakes are personal, political, and explosive, and Priest keeps both the romance and the action wound tight throughout.
What makes Ganymede particularly rewarding is how skillfully Priest expands her alternate-history universe without losing intimacy. Where earlier Clockwork Century entries centered on survival and grit, this installment leans into moral complexity—characters caught between loyalty, love, and profit in a world where every alliance has a price. Priest's prose moves quickly but never cheaply, and her New Orleans feels genuinely alive: humid, layered, and dangerous. Readers who appreciate genre fiction that trusts them to keep up will find plenty here to savor.
