TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tregillis,Ian
TI  - The Mechanical
T2  - The Alchemy Wars
SN  - 9780316248006
AV  - PS3620.R4446 M43 2014
U1  - 813/.6 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Orbit, Hachette Book Group
KW  - Robots
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Alternative histories (Fiction)
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Fantasy fiction
N2  - "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."--
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