{"id":3938,"date":"2010-06-21T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T23:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2010-06-21T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T23:30:58","slug":"cover-art-dreadnought-by-cherie-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-dreadnought-by-cherie-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art | Dreadnought by Cherie Priest"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Dreadnought<\/a>\n
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Nurse Mercy Lynch is elbows deep in bloody laundry at a war hospital in Richmond, Virginia, when Clara Barton comes bearing bad news: Mercy\u2019s husband has died in a POW camp. On top of that, a telegram from the west coast declares that her estranged father is gravely injured, and he wishes to see her. Mercy sets out toward the Mississippi River. Once there, she\u2019ll catch a train over the Rockies and\u2014if the telegram can be believed\u2014be greeted in Washington Territory by the sheriff, who will take her to see her father in Seattle.<\/p>\n

Reaching the Mississippi is a harrowing adventure by dirigible and rail through war-torn border states. When Mercy finally arrives in St. Louis, the only Tacoma-bound train is pulled by a terrifying Union-operated steam engine called the Dreadnought. Reluctantly, Mercy buys a ticket and climbs aboard.<\/p>\n

What ought to be a quiet trip turns deadly when the train is beset by bushwhackers, then vigorously attacked by a band of Rebel soldiers. The train is moving away from battle lines into the vast, unincorporated west, so Mercy can\u2019t imagine why they\u2019re so interested. Perhaps the mysterious cargo secreted in the second and last train cars has something to do with it?<\/p>\n

Mercy is just a frustrated nurse who wants to see her father before he dies. But she\u2019ll have to survive both Union intrigue and Confederate opposition if she wants to make it off the Dreadnought alive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cherie Priest<\/a>‘s Boneshaker<\/strong> had one of the coolest covers<\/a> last year, and the follow-up, Dreadnought<\/strong>, lives up, and surpasses it in sheer impact. Jon Foster (who’s portfolio is absolutely amazing<\/a>, if you’re not familiar with him), takes the tone he established with Boneshaker<\/strong> and adds a nice element of action and tension this time around. It remains to be seen if Dreadnought<\/strong> will live up to Boneshaker<\/strong>, a Hugo nominated novel which I really need to get a hold of and read!<\/p>\n

If interested, you can also read an excerpt from Dreadnought<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nurse Mercy Lynch is elbows deep in bloody laundry at a war hospital in Richmond, Virginia, when Clara Barton comes bearing bad news: Mercy\u2019s husband has died in a POW camp. On top of that, a telegram from the west coast declares that her estranged father is gravely injured, and he wishes to see her…. Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n