A Life-Saving Mission
A mystical vision of an airship appears to fifteen-year-old Juanita in 1894. The long-dead captain commands her to prevent California’s thrown-away people—including young children—from boarding trains to an asylum. That institution’s director plots murder to reduce the inmate population.
Spirits watch over Juanita. But who is she? A mystic in love who holds life sacred? Or a ghost-possessed railroad-saboteur?
To save innocent lives Juanita must take lives of the corrupt. How can she reconcile her assignment with her belief in the sacredness of all human life? And will she survive to marry her betrothed?
Juanita sets out despite inner trepidation to sabotage the railroad. Her ancestor Billy, the ghost of a steam locomotive engineer, guides her. Then bit by bit, she discovers the gut-wrenching truths all of her ancestors neglected to reveal.
Ghosts, Goggles, Guns and Grit
Come visit Juanita’s world—an alternate nineteenth-century California—where spirits meet steampunk, where the ruthless Mendoza family rules, and where both love and anger emanate from beyond the grave.
Sand Hill Review Press, Publisher
Cover art by Julie Dillon,
winner of Hugo & Chesley Awards.
The Engine Woman’s Light received the 2017 Independent Press Award (steampunk category) and a Kirkus star. Kirkus has included the novel on its list of the best 100 indie books in 2017 and top six indie teen. Chanticleer Reviews has shortlisted The Engine Woman’s Light for its Ozma (fantasy and paranormal) and Dante Rossetti (Young Adult) Book Awards.
The Engine Woman’s Light is available in trade paper, case laminate, and as an e-book. Go to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or your favorite independent book store to order.
- Publisher: Sand Hill Review Press
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 978-1937818470 (Trade Paper, January 12, 2017)
- ISBN-13: 978-1937818807 (Case Laminate, June 20, 2017)
- ASIN: B01MG3INTH (E-book, October 21, 2016)
Trade paper: Launch was on Saturday,
February 4, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
at Borderlands Books
866 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 824-8203