Description: "Looking for a good book? This is it: The Custodian of Marvels, by Rod Duncan. You'll want to read the first two books in the series, but this is a series that will amaze and delight. And just liketheBullet-Catcher who tries to misdirect your attention,there's a lot going on here and you will want to pay attention." - Looking for a Good Book "Rod Duncan's writing is a joy because his pseudo late-Victorian narrative runs along the smooth rails of a framework powered by an invisible, but well-oiled word engine that hums away in the background making sure the reader gets all the thrills and spills while retaining a good sense of the story as it relentlessly barrels along." - Strange Alliances Praise for The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire series: "Rod Duncan's The Bullet Catcher's Daughter is a magic box pulsating with energy. Compulsive reading from the get-go, the blend of steampunk alternate history wrapped in the enigma of a chase makes for first-rate entertainment in this finely crafted novel." - Graham Joyce ,author of Year of the Ladybird "Steeped in illusion and grounded in an alternative history of the Luddite Rebellion, Duncan's strong supernatural mystery serves ably as both a standalone adventure and the start to a series...Strategically placed steampunk tropes inform but do not overwhelm Elizabeth's headlong quest to find a missing aristocrat sought by the Patent Office, which is fixated on both achieving perfection and eliminating "unseemly science."A hazardous border crossing into the permissively corrupt Kingdom of England and Southern Wales provides ample excitement, and a glossary at the novel's conclusion hints enticingly at a much more involved story to come." - Publishers Weekly "I was completely caught up in her adventure and her plight. I think steampunk readers and fantasy/sci-fi readers will enjoy this one, so I'm recommending it for them even though (and to some extent because) its use of steampunk is a bit different. I found it to be a refreshing change from more formulaic steampunk novels." - Popcorn Reads " The Bullet Catcher's Daughter is an entertaining book that has some genuine, original touches combined with a clever story and even cleverer characters." - SF Book Reviews "Rod Duncan is a genius and his Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire series will be much read and discussed for years to come." - Looking for a Good Book

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