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!
Was lucky to read a draft of this. Can't wait :)
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