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Cherie Priest created the series as a literary magnum opus for [[Steampunk]] fans. So far she has written four novels; ''Boneshaker'', ''Dreadnought'', ''Clementine'' and ''Ganymede'', and a novelette ''Tanglefoot'' which [http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/fall-2008/fiction-tanglefoot-a-story-of-the-clockwork-century-by-cherie-priest/ can be read on-line]. Another novel, ''The Inexplicables'', is on the way.

''Ganymede'' centers on Andan Cly, an airship pirate who is contacted his ex-lover prostitute Josephine Early and asked to come to New Orleans. She tells him about the submersible war machine ''Ganymede'', which is hidden at the bottom of Lake Ponchartrain. If Cly can sneak it past Southern forces, it could end the war. Unfortunately, nobody knows how to operate it and anyone who has ever tried has wound up dead.

 

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: A network of tunnels, adapted from those dug by the Boneshaker and the real-life Seattle Catacombs, is used to travel about the city without the inhabitants encountering rotters or needing a gas mask.

* [[Action Girl]]: Briar and Mercy, but [[World of Action Girls|several minor female characters]] show they can use a firearm with remarkable proficiency.

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