The Clockwork Dynasty [Paperback]

A Kirkus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2017
APopsugar Best Book of the Year

From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofRobopocalypsecomes an epic new thriller about a race of ageless automatons who have been hiding among us for untold centuries.

In the depths of the Kremlin in 1725, the tsar’s loyal mechanician brings to life two astonishingly humanlike mechanical beings. Peter and Elena are a brother and sister possessed with uncanny power and destined to fight an ancient war.
 
When June Stefanov, a young anthropologist specializing in ancient technology, uncovers a terrible secret concealed in the workings of a three-hundred-year-old mechanical doll, she finds herself in the middle of the hidden war that has raged for centuries. As June plunges deeper into their world, her choices will ultimately determine their fate.
 
The Clockwork Dynastyinterweaves past and present, exploring a race of beings designed to live by ironclad principles, yet constantly searching for meaning. Richly-imagined and heart-pounding, Daniel H. Wilson’s novel combines exquisitely drawn characters with visionary technology—and riveting action. The Clockwork Dynasty is my new favorite secret history novel! It's like some fantastic hybrid of Highlander and The Terminator--or maybe a cross between I, Robot and The Difference Engine, with a dash of Blade Runner for good measure. It reads like classic steampunk on steroids. In other words, it's totally bad ass and you're going to love it.
 --Ernest Cline, The New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One

Daniel H. Wilson is one of the foremost prophets of the near future. . . InThe Clockwork Dynasty, the irrepressibly readable Wilson has retreated to pseudo-vampil3‚