Cherie Priest Debuts The Clockwork Century with “Tanglefoot”
Noted Steampunk aviatrix Cherie Priest debuts what she calls The Clockwork Century (”Combat dirigibles skulk across the sky and armored vehicles crawl along the land. Military scientists twist the laws of man and nature, and barter their souls for weapons powered by light, fire, and steam.”) in the novelette, “Tanglefoot“, the story of a gentle, tragic mad scientist and his boy assistant.