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Fiddlehead, Cherie Priest

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"Young ex-slave Gideon Bardsley is a brilliant inventor, but the job is less glamorous than one might think, especially since the assassination attempts started. Worse yet, they're trying to destroy his greatest achievement: a calculating engine called Fiddlehead, which provides undeniable proof of something awful enough to destroy the world. Both man and machine are at risk from forces conspiring to keep the Civil War going and the money flowing. Bardsley has no choice but to ask his patron, former president Abraham Lincoln, for help. Lincoln retired from leading the country after an attempt on his life, but is quite interested in Bardsley's immense data-processing capacities, confident that if people have the facts, they'll see reason and urge the government to end the war. Lincoln must keep Bardsley safe until he can finish his research, so he calls on his old private security staff to protect Gideon and his data. Maria "Belle" Boyd was a retired Confederate spy, until she got a life-changing job offer from the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Pinkerton respects her work, despite reservations about her lingering Southern loyalties. But it's precisely those loyalties that let her go into Confederate territory to figure out who might be targeting Bardsley. Maria is a good detective, but with spies from both camps gunning for her, can even the notorious Belle Boyd hold the greedy warhawks at bay?"--
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eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
366 pages
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"A Tom Doherty Associates Book."
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9780765334077
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Fiddlehead
Title
Fiddlehead
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Cherie Priest
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Fiddle head
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Language
eng
Summary
"Young ex-slave Gideon Bardsley is a brilliant inventor, but the job is less glamorous than one might think, especially since the assassination attempts started. Worse yet, they're trying to destroy his greatest achievement: a calculating engine called Fiddlehead, which provides undeniable proof of something awful enough to destroy the world. Both man and machine are at risk from forces conspiring to keep the Civil War going and the money flowing. Bardsley has no choice but to ask his patron, former president Abraham Lincoln, for help. Lincoln retired from leading the country after an attempt on his life, but is quite interested in Bardsley's immense data-processing capacities, confident that if people have the facts, they'll see reason and urge the government to end the war. Lincoln must keep Bardsley safe until he can finish his research, so he calls on his old private security staff to protect Gideon and his data. Maria "Belle" Boyd was a retired Confederate spy, until she got a life-changing job offer from the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Pinkerton respects her work, despite reservations about her lingering Southern loyalties. But it's precisely those loyalties that let her go into Confederate territory to figure out who might be targeting Bardsley. Maria is a good detective, but with spies from both camps gunning for her, can even the notorious Belle Boyd hold the greedy warhawks at bay?"--
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When the forces conspiring to keep the Civil War going come for him and his invention, a calculating engine called Fiddlehead, ex-slave Gideon Bardsley turns to his patron, former president Abraham Lincoln, for protection until he can end his data-processing research. -- Publisher
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Priest, Cherie
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813/.6
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illustrations
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Clockwork century novels
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0006
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adult
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Fiddlehead, Cherie Priest
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"A Tom Doherty Associates Book."
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ocn827256652
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
366 pages
Isbn
9780765334077
Lccn
2013018477
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)827256652
Label
Fiddlehead, Cherie Priest
Publication
Note
"A Tom Doherty Associates Book."
Carrier category
volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn827256652
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
366 pages
Isbn
9780765334077
Lccn
2013018477
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
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(OCoLC)827256652

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