The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man (A Burton & Swinburne Adventure)

An excellent addition to the series. The second one adds more geo-political “what-if's” to the alternate history. The story starts to go a little too over the top at points, but comes down almost as fast making for pulpy adventure fun.

Not quite as enjoyable as the first book in the series, mostly due to repetition between the two books. I get easily annoyed when authors try to recap too much of the previous book(s) in the sequel(s). The overall mystery was very intriguing, and I like the way the author plays with alternate versions of real historical people and events, but the pacing seemed uneven. Parts of the book just dragged for me, and I admit I skimmed large portions of certain chapters because they didn't really seem to be moving the plot forward or developing the characters in any real way.