At the start of the Civil War, a Russian mining company commissions a great machine to pave the way from Seattle to Alaska and speed up the gold rush that is beating a path to the frozen north. Inventor Leviticus Blue creates the machine, but on its first test run it malfunctions, decimating Seattle's banking district and uncovering a vein of Blight Gas that turns everyone who breathes it into the living dead. Sixteen years later Briar, Blue's widow, lives in the poor neighborhood outside the wall that's been built around the uninhabitable city. Life is tough with a ruined reputation, but she and her teenage son Ezekiel are surviving - until Zeke impetuously decides that he must reclaim his father's name from the clutches of history.

About the Author
Cherie Priest made her debut with the series of southern gothic ghost stories that began with Four and Twenty Blackbirds. She lives in Seattle, Washington, and keeps a popular blog at cmpriest.livejournal.com.

Awards
Winner of Locus Awards (Science Fiction) 2010 and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (Regional Book) 2010. Commended for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Teen) 2013. Short-listed for Hugo Award (Novel) 2010 and Nebula Awards 2009 and Green Mountain Book Award 2013.



Book Information
ISBN 9780765318411
Author Cherie Priest
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Tor Books
Publisher St Martin's Press
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 141mm * 28mm