Tregillis, Ian, <br/><br/>
The Mechanical 
Ian Tregillis. 
 - First edition. 
 - New York, NY :  Orbit, Hachette Book Group,  2015. 
 - 471 pages ;  21 cm. 
 - The Alchemy Wars ;  book one .
 - Tregillis, Ian.  Alchemy Wars ;  bk. 1. .
<br/><br/> "The Clakker: a mechanical man, endowed with great strength and boundless stamina -- but beholden to the wishes of its human masters.  Soon after the Dutch scientist and clockmaker Christiaan Huygens invented the very first Clakker in the 17th Century, the Netherlands built a whole mechanical army and became the world's sole superpower. Only the French still fiercely defend their belief in universal human rights for all men -- flesh and brass alike. After decades of warfare, the Dutch and French have reached a tenuous cease-fire but one audacious Clakker, Jax, can no longer bear the bonds of his slavery. He will make a bid for freedom, and the consequences of his escape will shake the very foundations of the Brasswork Throne."-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780316248006 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014018728 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Robots--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Alternative histories (Fiction)<br/>Fantasy fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3620.R4446  / M43 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.6