Each night, Miriam hears the lonely whistle of the Night Watchman Express.The sound of the train gives her terrible nightmares - dreams of an underground factory, and a laboratory where brutal human experiments take place.An orphan, Miriam has only her guardians, the Marchpanes, for company. They have a son, Simon, but he and Miriam develop an instant dislike for each other. However, since someone is trying to steal her father's business, Miriam and Simon have to find a way to work together.As they come closer to learning the truth, Miriam is kidnapped and put on THE NIGHT WATCHMAN EXPRESS.Simon must rescue her, but he is also captured and put in a strange, luxurious prison. The train arrives at its destination, and Miriam finds that her nightmares about the subterranean factory and the darklaboratory were not just dreams...What she has always feared more than anything is about to come true.Full of action, magic, and romance, this steampunk adventure is for readers of all ages.
Alison Deluca Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Alison DeLuca je autorkou podmanivých príbehov na pomedzí steampunkovej a mestskej fantasy. Jej diela skúmajú zložité svety s jedinečným stylistickým citom. DeLuca vytvára pútavé naratívy, ktoré čitateľov pohltia. Skúsenosti z rôznych miest sveta obohacujú jej literárny pohľad.
