The Automation: Vol. 1 of the Circo del Herrero Series

by G B Gabbler, B L a, Anonymous

Overview

The capital-A Automatons of Greco-Roman myth aren't clockwork. Their design is much more divine. They're more intricate than robots or androids or anything else mortal humans could invent. Their windup keys are their human Masters. They aren't mindless; they have infinite storage space. And, because they have more than one form, they're more versatile and portable than, say, your cell phone-and much more useful too. The only thing these god-forged beings share in common with those lowercase-A automatons is their pre-programmed existence. They have a function-a function Hephaestus put into place-a function that was questionable from the start...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692259719
Publisher:	S.O.B. Publishing
Publication date:	07/07/2014
Series:	Circo del Herrero , #1
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

[BLA and GB Gabbler are the pen name for The Author of THE AUTOMATION, Vol. 1 of the Circo del Herrero series.]

Editorial Reviews

07/06/2015
Naggingly self-conscious but somehow charming, this urban fantasy revolves around a fast and furious updating of Greek myth. In the distant past, the god Vulcan created a handful of Automatons—metallic but malleable beings capable of soul-sharing with a human being—to serve as protectors of humanity. Now the Automatons are distributed among an eclectic and decidedly eccentric bunch known as the Masters, some of whom are actively plotting against the others. All this is explained later in the book, long after ignorant protagonist Odys Odelyn receives the gift of a sexy copper Automaton and becomes the focus of the other Masters’ suspicions and schemes. It’s obvious that many games are being played at different levels. Unfortunately, the writer is so determined to be clever that interjections and footnotes keep mercilessly pulling readers away from the action. Nevertheless, the complicated story is amusing, and interesting characters do peek out through gaps in the arch-supercilious writing. (BookLife)

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