And we’re back for another giveaway! This week, we have Power Under Presssure by Andrew P. Mayer.
Power Under Pressure, the third book in the Society of Steam series, begins in a dark place. The Society of Paragons has been destroyed, and the evil Lord Eschaton is planning to turn New York City into an empire of smog. It’s up to Sarah Stanton, hiding out in a Brooklyn junkyard, to save the city and reassemble a team worthy of protecting the city. Power Under Pressure completes the trilogy (The Falling Machine and Hearts of Smoke and Steam were the previous books in the series), but the ending, while satisfying, still leaves enough untied threads for Mayer to further explore the world he’s created, if that’s where fate takes him. As this particular world is one filled with steam (fortified and otherwise) and the trappings of the Gilded Age in New York, we’re all for more adventures in it!
We have two copies of Power Under Pressure (one Advance Reader Copy and one paperback) to give away! To enter the contest, post a comment below and tell us where you would build a hideout (or lair, depending on your alignment) if you had to keep a very low profile. The deadline for entries is Sunday, March 10th. Best of luck!
More information on Power Under Pressure is available at Pyr’s website.
More information on Andrew P. Mayer can be found on his website or his Twitter page.
The ideal lair (cuz that’s how I role) would be in the bowels of the local library. Nobody would suspect the evil shenanigans that could arise from beneath such a traditional house of knowledge. All the while, I would have the vast collection of information at my twisted fingertips. And best of all, I’d get to recruit a few librarians as my minions.
Posted by: RL Brown | March 05, 2013 at 05:14 PM
My hideout would be beneath the University where I work by day. The University is a city unto itself right in the heart of the big city, and it has all the resources I would need. Blending in with students and faculty would be easy!
Posted by: Seanna | March 06, 2013 at 08:36 AM
Oh, yes! In the Catacombs of Paris!!!
But now that I think of it, lots of people know them... Therefore as a villain I'd have to slain anyone who wanders in, mwahahaha!!!
Seriously though, I love this series. I remember finding myself reading the first book and thinking, "Am I really enjoying a steampunk superhero book? Yes, I am! And it's fun!"
As always, many thanks for the giveaways.
Posted by: Soundofthunder | March 08, 2013 at 02:47 AM
Using advanced Science given to me by my Future Self, I'd design my laboratory to be one second out of sync with our timeline. I'd always know what was coming and it could never quite catch up wtith me. Mwahahahahaha! *cough*
Posted by: Eldritch Monkey | March 10, 2013 at 06:17 PM
Whenever Ludwig, the Mad Duke, becomes too curious about my research, necessity becomes the mother of invention, indeed. And I have to find inventive ways to hide from his prying “Eyes.” Soon or later, his snoopers find my earth-bound lairs, as they did the grotto and the tree-house. However, my steam launch and my airship have become equal to the task; now, when I need to avoid his clutches, I simply depart, leaving the Mad Duke's raving rage in my wake.
Posted by: Page Turner | March 10, 2013 at 08:36 PM