TITLE: Thomas Riley
AUTHOR: Nick Valentino
PUBLISHER: Echelon Press, LLC, 2010
ISBN 978-1-59080-700-2 (282 pages)

Thomas Riley is a fun, fast-paced adventure in the "Steam Punk" genre.  Valentino's first novel, it is a satisfactory read with few of the rough edges that often characterize an opus one.  Thomas Riley, an engineer and alchemist who aids his country as a weapons developer, is thrust into the action and mayhem that he has so readily enabled for years.  In a desperate attempt to save ...

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