"Arabella of Mars" Topic
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Tango01 | 12 Jul 2016 12:34 p.m. PST |
"Since Newton witnessed a bubble rising from his bathtub, mankind has sought the stars. When William III of England commissioned Capt. William Kidd to command the first expedition to Mars in the late 1600s, he proved that space travel was both possible and profitable. Now, one century later, a plantation in a flourishing British colony on Mars is home to Arabella Ashby, a young woman who is perfectly content growing up in the untamed frontier. But days spent working on complex automata with her father or stalking her brother Michael with her Martian nanny is not the proper behavior of an English lady. That is something her mother plans to remedy with a move to an exotic world Arabella has never seen: London, England. However, when events transpire that threaten her home on Mars, Arabella decides that sometimes doing the right thing is far more important than behaving as expected. She disguises herself as a boy and joins the crew of the Diana, a ship serving the Mars Trading Company, where she meets a mysterious captain who is intrigued by her knack with clockwork creations. Now Arabella just has to weather the naval war currently raging between Britain and France, learn how to sail, and deal with a mutinous crew…if she hopes to save her family remaining on Mars" See here link Amicalement Armand |
Syr Otto | 13 Jul 2016 11:25 a.m. PST |
I just finished this book last night. More geared towards the young adult… the main character is a 17 year old. That being said, I did enjoy it. It has a good battle scene (there is air in space so the open decked wooden ships have no problems duking it out.) |
Tango01 | 13 Jul 2016 11:02 p.m. PST |
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