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Dawn of Steam: Rising Suns Kindle Edition

by Jeffrey Cook (Author), Sarah Symonds (Author), Katherine Perkins (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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1817 sees the first signs of recovery from the Year Without a Summer – and the beginning of the end of the journey of the airship Dame Fortuna. The crew first accept a unique offer from the Shogun of Japan, traveling with the Dutch contingent from the island of Dejima into the isolationist nation. From there, their travels will take them through the English colonies in Australia and India, into darkest Africa, and eventually home to England. Along the way, confrontations loom, and both personal secrets and national conspiracies are uncovered. By the time a future queen is born, nothing less than the fate of England and the direction of world events are at stake. Dawn of Steam: Rising Suns is an alternate-history, emergent Steampunk epistolary novel, following after Dawn of Steam: First Light and Dawn of Steam: Gods of the Sun.
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    March 9, 2015
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Author Jeffrey Cook lives in Maple Valley, Washington, with his wife and three large dogs. He was born in Boulder, Colorado, but has lived allover the United States. He's the author of 11 books, and the head of the Writerpunk Press charity project, benefitting PAWS Animal Rescue. Whennot reading, researching or writing, Jeffrey enjoys role-playing gamesand watching football.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00UIL0TOI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Digital Services (March 9, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 9, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 776 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 313 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1507846436
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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Author Jeffrey Cook lives in Maple Valley, Washington, with his wife and three large dogs. He was born in Boulder, Colorado, but has lived all over the United States. He's contributed to a number of role-playing game books for Deep7 Press out of Seattle, Washington, but the Dawn of Steam series are his first novels. When not reading, researching or writing, Jeffrey enjoys role-playing games and watching football.

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Qittie deKay
5.0 out of 5 stars when you finish a series and you're so attached to the characters that it kind of feels like your heart just got yanked out of y
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2015
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Sigh. You know that feeling...when you finish a series and you're so attached to the characters that it kind of feels like your heart just got yanked out of your rib cage and razored into tiny little pieces right in front of your eyes? If you do, you're obviously a reader. And even though I love to hate that feeling, I would definitely read this series again.

It was bittersweet to reach the end, have all of my questions answered, and then bear witness to the final chapters of most of these character's lives. Great ending to an awesome series nonetheless.

There was mention of another book which follows young Mr. Swift's journeys in Africa. I'm hoping to see this in the future, as the allusion to "the disappearance" is highly intriguing.
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Barryo
5.0 out of 5 stars An adventure on a grand scale.
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2017
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It was very difficult to put these books down! I hope Mr. Cook will continue the travels of his characters. It was very easy to get into these people. I want to know more!
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Valerie Roberson
5.0 out of 5 stars Hoping for Home
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2016
Dawn of Steam: Rising Sun was full of surprises and ups and downs. The story of Japan, I could see this happening with trying to see the Shogun and being treated well as so called prisioners. I did not expect the attempts and the uncovering of wrong doing. Africa was way off base from what I expected. I knew they would run into York and a fight, but never saw the dealings with York coming. I was shocked at the whole truth behind his part. Their fight in the city was great!
I was very excited to see that they were finally going back to England, even tho I did enjoy the travel and adventures. Knowing that there was going to be reunions and new life there, I felt some hope for them. Then when Montaque showed up and started his stuff, I was thrown. At least they learned the rest of the truth behind everything. I felt proud of their fight against him and how they fought and who they fought for. I had tears in my eyes when one of them died. I really didn't expect it to end this way.
The ending was nothing like I thought it would be. Jillian surprised me to no end. I never thought she could do what she did, but it turned out for the bust. Miss Penn was a shame and I felt for Sam with all my heart. I really think they were lovers and in love with each other. What Dr. Bowe had to say about the fountain of youth made sence, but what happened to it, I saw coming just by the way things are today. I did like that the author did give us a to date update on everybody. It was nice knowing how everybody turned out in the years to come.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book and the two before it. I think the Trillogy would make a good movie. Some of the inventions I had a hard time picturing them, but I did my best. For my first Steampunk reads, I now see what all the fuss is about this genre. I have now added Steampunk to my list of reads because of this Trillogy.
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ADropofInkReviews
5.0 out of 5 stars A book to be savored and enjoyed
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2015
Like the other books in this series, Dawn of Steam: Rising Suns was well-researched and well-written. While the story itself is an alternative timeline of events that happened in real life, Cook and Symonds use a lot of real information from history to create this saga. They also continue to use the journal and letter style of writing as the other books.

The action scenes and events that unfold have the reader held captive as each event unfolds. However, as well-written as this entire series is, it's not for the faint of heart. It's not a fast read. Each of these books is meant to be savored and enjoyed at a slow pace. However, none of them have failed to hold my attention across the several days each book takes to read.

Gaining an insight into the history of Japan, India, and Africa in this book was wonderful. It's like learning your world history in a much better way than a school could even think of teaching it. Throw in the fantastic idea of dirigibles and multi-shot weapons with moving battle suits, and it will keep many lovers of history and steampunk deep in the book while you learn something on the side.

I have recommended, and will continue to do so, this entire series to multiple people. While purists of historical fiction might not like the inclusion of random things that never happened, it's still a terrific read. The entire series is also a gentle introduction to the Steampunk genre. I know it has fueled my interest in this genre and I read as much of it as I can now. So, good job, Jeffrey Cook and Sarah Symonds! You have a winner here.
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The Darkmantle
5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected ending
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2015
I’m not sure a book written as a compilation of journal entries should be allowed to make you emotionally attached to characters so. Yet here we are, at the end of the adventures of the crew of airship Dame Fortuna.
I was given this book in exchange for a honest review. This is the third and final book in the Dawn of Steam series and it concludes the series neatly. This book ties up all the plot twists building through the first two books and allows many heroes to show their merit. The last half especially has a lot of action, and is amazingly fast paced for this style of writing. I was not expecting the ending as it turned out and actually had to go back and re-read several paragraphs to let some things sink in fully.
I would again recommend this book and series to any with a love of classic fiction, steampunk or even Victorian era fiction and mystery. Five platypires for Dawn of Steam: Rising Suns.
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