COGLING
A Steampunk Fairy Tale for Young Adults
who
love a little Romance in their Adventures
When fifteen-year-old Edna
Mather tears an expensive and unfamiliar pocket watch off her little brother's
neck, he crumbles into a pile of cogs right before her eyes. Horrified, Edna
flees for help, but encounters Ike, a thief who attempts to steal the watch
before he realizes what it is: a device to power Coglings—clockwork changelings
left in place of stolen children who have been forced to work in factories.
Desperate to rescue her brother, Edna sets off across the kingdom to the hags' swamp, with Ike in tow. There, they learn Coglings are also replacing nobility so the hags can stage a rebellion and rule over humanity. Edna and Ike must stop the revolt, but the populace believes hags are helpful godmothers and healers. No one wants to believe a lowly servant and a thief, especially when Ike has secrets that label them both as traitors.
Together, Edna and Ike must make the kingdom trust them or stop the hags themselves, even if Ike is forced to embrace his dark heritage and Edna must surrender her family.
Desperate to rescue her brother, Edna sets off across the kingdom to the hags' swamp, with Ike in tow. There, they learn Coglings are also replacing nobility so the hags can stage a rebellion and rule over humanity. Edna and Ike must stop the revolt, but the populace believes hags are helpful godmothers and healers. No one wants to believe a lowly servant and a thief, especially when Ike has secrets that label them both as traitors.
Together, Edna and Ike must make the kingdom trust them or stop the hags themselves, even if Ike is forced to embrace his dark heritage and Edna must surrender her family.
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COGLING has already gained advanced praise from NY Times
Bestselling author Maria V. Snyder!
“This is a fun YA Steampunk
novel. It's very different than many other Steampunk stories I've read. Basic
plot is Edna's brother is kidnapped by hags and replaced with a
"cogling" and she's on a mission to find and rescue her brother. The
world is a Victorian-era with a strict class system for the humans and for
those with magic. The woman with magic are called hags and the men with magic
are orges and they're not nice and are planning to change the system. I really
enjoyed learning about the world and the characters are well drawn and
engaging.”
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Meet the author – Jordan Elizabeth
Mierek lives in a dream world. Sometimes
she comes out to do her day job, but most of the time she is writing about her
favorite people – her characters!
COGLING is her fourth book. Her
previous steampunk series, the Treasure Chronicles, include TREASURE DARKLY and
BORN OF TREASURE. Her debut novel,
ESCAPE FROM WITCHWOOD HOLLOW, is a young adult fantasy-horror. You can find her short stories in numerous
anthologies. Check out her website,
JordanElizabethMierek.com, for contests and bonus stories!
