Idle Hands – The Factory Trilogy #2 – Tom Fletcher
Desperate to cure his son Billy of the disease Idle Hands, Wild Alan must find a way back into the Pyramid from which he was exiled. But, trapped in the barren wasteland that is the Discard – the area surrounding the Pyramid – there isn’t much he can do alone. Bloody Nora, the mapmaker, has her own reasons for wanting to get into the Pyramid; she believes that the secrets of Gleam’s history can be found in the Pyramid’s vaults. And she has worked with Wild Alan before. There are more secrets there than either imagined: those vaults hold the key to destroying the Pyramid’s tyranny, but saving Billy and…
Gleam – The Factory Trilogy #1 – Tom Fletcher
Release date: September 4th, 2014 Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review The gargantuan Factory of Gleam is an ancient, hulking edifice of stone, metal and glass ruled over by chaste alchemists and astronomer priests. As millennia have passed, the population has decreased, and now only the central district is fully inhabited and operational; the outskirts have been left for the wilderness to reclaim. This decaying, lawless zone is the Discard; the home of Wild Alan. Clever, arrogant, and perpetually angry, Wild Alan is both loved and loathed by the Discard’s misfits. He’s convinced that the Gleam authorities were behind the…
