So, long story short, I still loved Maria despite her loyalties. Many believed in the right to maintain their way of life, and for their families.

While I abhor slavery and all the injustice associated with it, it's a reminder that many on that side of the conflict weren't necessarily people who believed in the inferiority of black people and that they should stay slaves. She's a complex woman with her reasons for being a Rebel spy. Maria Isabella Boyd is on the wrong side of the Civil War, as far as I am concerned, but I don't like her any less. I'm a sucker for Westerns, especially with a heroine at the helm. What kind of book is this? Is it science fiction, alternate history, steampunk, or just madcap adventure? All of the above.Ĭlementine is is part of the Clockwork Century series, and I admit I cheated and read these out of order, starting with this book. He takes her advice.Īnd somebody, somewhere, is going to rue the day he crossed either one of them. She joins his crew, and he uses her connections. He’s dangerous quarry and she’s a dangerous woman, but when forces conspire against them both, they take a chance and form an alliance. In that time, Captain Croggon Beauregard Hainey has felonied his way back and forth across the continent, leaving a trail of broken banks, stolen war machines, and illegally distributed weaponry from sea to shining sea. Intelligence suggests that the unrelenting pursuer is a runaway slave who’s been wanted by authorities on both sides of the Mason-Dixon for fifteen years.

The Clementine is carrying a top secret load of military essentials-essentials which must be delivered to Louisville, Kentucky, without delay. In short, a federally sponsored transport dirigible is being violently pursued across the Rockies and Uncle Sam isn’t pleased. Exiled, widowed, and on the brink of poverty…she reluctantly goes to work for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago.Īdding insult to injury, her first big assignment is commissioned by the Union Army. Maria Isabella Boyd’s success as a Confederate spy has made her too famous for further espionage work, and now her employment options are slim.

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