Chris Dutton makes his steampunk/alt-history debut with The Tyrant Rises, a darkly serious and heavy tale of impending peril and desperate revenge. With a sublime undercurrent of historical detail, the story is still surprisingly personal, saving ample room for airship adventure and the cybernetic supernatural while an ominous cloud of looming war hangs over the plot, right up until the end. Indie novels are always a mixed bag, especially in speculative fiction, but Dutton balances his personal affinity for Napoleonic war stories and supernatural cyborgs with reasonably good writing and gravitas. Brief use of French and other languages, as well as a confident grasp of European geography and historical context adds a subtle but effective veil of verisimilitude.
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