The Boy in the Clockwork Cage

ISBN-13: 9781515314011 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 178 str.

Nelson Boon

Opis

Living on the streets of Victorian London, the crippled Alonzo knows who he is and where he belongs until he is left alone by the death of his best mate. When his special talents are revealed in a Spitalfields soup kitchen, he is taken on as an assistant by the inspired Dr. Cheyne. There he finds himself tormented by the jealous and bullying Gus, and begins to hate his new life. He struggles to use his unique gifts to complete the doctor's visionary project: a device that will help thousands-and heal Alonzo's own twisted body and soul-sacrificing his principles and his pride to make his dream come true. Even after he is horribly wounded using the mechanism for the first time, he stubbornly refuses to give up hope and drives away his last possible ally, the unwilling and hostile Gus. Now Alonzo must take responsibility for his future by himself for the first time in his life. He must attempt to become what he desires most in the world: his own man.