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The Escapement
By K. J. Parker
PUB:  Orbit
ISBN:  978 0316003407

War and love--somehow they always seem to be tied together.

Mezentia is to be taken by siege.  The city is without military leadership and struggles to protect their walls.  The citizens build the machines for others, but now they have to fight for themselves.  Their "leader" is not experienced but he is intelligent and knows that books could give him and his people the answers they need.

Fighting with arrows and digging fortifications with shovels, they struggle against time and stockpile food and supplies within the walls.  Will it be enough?

This is a novel rich in texture and complex of plot.

Review by Wanda C. Keesey (author Lost In The Mist release May 2008)