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Author:

Bear, Elizabeth, author.

Title:

Karen Memory / Elizabeth Bear.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Tor,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

350 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Memery, Karen (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Prostitutes--Crimes against--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction.
Brainwashing--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.)--Fiction.
Steampunk fiction.
Science fiction.

Summary:

Steampunk novel set in Seattle in the late 19th century--an era when the town was called Rapid City, when the parts we now call Seattle Underground were the whole town (and still on the surface), when airships plied the trade routes bringing would-be miners heading up to the gold fields of Alaska, and steam-powered mechanicals stalked the waterfront. Karen is a "soiled dove," a young woman on her own who is making the best of her orphaned state by working in Madame Damnable's high-quality bordello. Trouble erupts into her world one night when a badly injured girl arrives at their door, seeking sanctuary, followed by the man who holds her indenture, who has a machine that can take over anyone's mind and control their actions. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the next night brings a body dumped in their rubbish heap--a streetwalker who has been brutally murdered.

ISBN:

0765375249 (hardcover)
9780765375247 (hardcover)

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)