The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells offers two novel-length YA steampunk adventures that delivered adventures below the sea and above as young Emilie, a stowaway, embarks on an epic adventure. You won’t want to miss these daring adventures with our young hero!
by Martha Wells
Series: Emilie #1, Emilie #2
Genres: Steampunk
Source: Publisher
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Two novel-length YA steampunk adventures from the author of the wildly successful Murderbot Diaries
Together in one volume for the first time:
Emilie and the Hollow World
Running away from home, and stowing away on the wrong ship, Emilie embarks on a fantastic adventure.
Emilie learns the crew hopes to use an experimental engine to journey to the interior of the planet, but when the ship becomes damaged on arrival, and evidence points to sabotage they encounter the treacherous Lord Ivers, along with a strange new race.
Can Emilie and her new-found friends possibly reach the surface world again?
Emilie and the Sky World
When Emilie arrives in Silk Harbor, Professor Abindon, an old colleague of her friend Lady Marlende, warns them of something strange and potentially deadly in the sky, a disruption in an upper air aether current. On further investigation they realize it’s a ship from another aetheric plane.
How to determine if it’s a friendly explorer, or something far more sinister… Nothing less than a journey into the dangerous air currents will do.
Join Emilie and she navigates the strange landscapes of the upper air, and the deadly menace that inhabits the Sky World.
I absolutely love Martha Wells Murderbot series and have since been reading her earlier published works as they are re-released. The Emilie Adventures offers two novel length YA steampunks perfect for everyone young and old who enjoys adventures on the high sea and in the air.
In the first story, Emilie and the Hollow World, our young heroine is frustrated with the way her uncle has been treating her and runs away from home. She is headed to her cousin’s school, hoping for a position there when she finds herself a stowaway on an experimental ship headed to a world below the sea. On board the ship she befriends Lady Marlende, who is traversing worlds to rescue her father, who made the trip before her. We’ve got villains, strange sea creatures and plenty of danger. The story is well paced and kept me engaged. I love steampunk and gadgets used. Emilie proves her worth when she rescues her new friends.
In the second story, Emilie and the Sky World, Professor Abindon, an old colleague of her friend Lady Marlende, warns them of something strange and potentially deadly in the sky, a disruption in an upper air aether current. Emilie, the professor, and Lady Marlende travel with the crew. On this adventure, they encounter a strange creature, find themselves in grave danger and go on a rescue mission to save a crew believed to be dead. There is even a confrontation with Emilie’s uncle. This was my favorite of the two tales, although both were winners. I loved meeting Flower and thought the villains in this tale scary. Once again, the technology and gadgets impressed me.
The Emilie Adventures were delightful and I highly recommend the novel for fans of steampunk, science fiction and fantasy who love an adventure. Watch out for pirates!
About Martha Wells
Martha Wells has written many fantasy novels, including The Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads), the Ile-Rien series (including The Death of the Necromancer) as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, media tie-ins (for Star Wars and Stargate: Atlantis), and non-fiction. Her most recent fantasy novel is The Harbors of the Sun in 2017, the final novel in The Books of the Raksura series. She has a new series of SF novellas, The Murderbot Diaries, published by Tor.com in 2017 and 2018. She was also the lead writer for the story team of Magic: the Gathering's Dominaria expansion in 2018. She has won a Nebula Award, an ALA/YALSA Alex Award, a Locus Award, and her work has appeared on the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Award ballots, the USA Today Bestseller List, and the New York Times Bestseller List. Her books have been published in eleven languages.
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Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature)
I tried steampunk but couldn’t get into it. My current student population doesn’t seem to check those out either, but the last school where I worked I had students who loved them. Great review!
Rachel @Waves of Fiction
Such a change from her Murderbot series! I still want to finish that one, especially now that there’s a film adaptation!
Mary Kirkland
This sounds so good.
Sophia Rose
I loved Jules Verne stories as a kid and this set of steampunk adventures seems to have that same flavor. I’ve been visiting Martha Wells’ older books and fantasy, too. 🙂
Anne - Books of My Heart
I enjoy this author and may need to read this also. Thanks for sharing.
Laura Thomas
Great review! I loved her Murderbot books too. I need to read these. They sound fun.