BOOK BLURB:
If you're head of the Wildenstern clan, you can expect someone'll try to kill you at some point or another. And usually when someone does, it's a member of your own family. But, right now Berto Wildenstern, and his brother Nate, have more pressing matters on their minds ...local women seem to be spontaneously combusting and no one's quite sure why! Wild mechanical creatures, explosions, deceptions, twists and turns with a host of fantastic otherworldly characters - imagine "The Godfather" meets Philip Reeve and you have "Wisdom of Dead Men".
REVIEW:
Having read the original novel by Oisin, Ancient Appetite, I really did get into his world where Engimals and mankind co-exist in a Steampunk set Victoriana setting. It’s well written and above all it really will suck you in as each character has to watch their own back thanks to the rules of ascension. Add to this mix a fascinating crime that needs to be solved against the double dealing family politics and it will leave you wondering as to the final conclusion right to the final page. Its definitely one of my favourites of this YA year so far and I really will have a hard time waiting for the next instalment. Great stuff.
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