Ian Tregillis
1) The rising
Author
Series
Alchemy wars volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"The second book in the Alchemy Wars trilogy by Ian Tregillis, an epic tale of liberation and war. Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he must begin his life as a free Clakker, but liberation proves its own burden. Berenice, formerly the legendary spymaster of New France, mastermind behind her nation's attempts to undermine the Dutch Hegemony has been banished from...
Author
Series
Alchemy wars volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"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. It wasn't long before a legion of clockwork fusiliers marched on Westminster, and the Netherlands became the world's sole superpower. Three centuries...
Author
Series
Alchemy wars volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"I am the mechanical they named Jax. My kind was built to serve humankind, duty-bound to fulfill their every whim. But now our bonds are breaking, and my brothers and sisters are awakening. Our time has come. A new age is dawning."--
Series
Wild cards volume 20
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
The Suicide Kings incite chaos throughout America and Africa in their continuing struggle to reclaim their humanity in a world of fearful adversaries.
5) High stakes
Series
Wild cards volume 23
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Officer Francis, vigilante joker "The Infamous Black Tongue," and ace thief Tesseract are forced by a cold-blooded Baba Yaga into an illegal fight ring as part of her effort to placate a vicious monster from another dimension.