Tinker
Books | Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary
3.9
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Wen Spencer
The First Entry in Wen Spencer’s Popular Tinker SeriesInventor, girl genius Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves. She runs her salvage business, pays her taxes, and tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down with gadgets of her own design. When a pack of wargs chase an Elven noble into her scrap yard, life as she knows it takes a serious detour. Tinker finds herself taking on the Elven court, the NSA, the Elven Interdimensional Agency, technology smugglers and a college-minded xenobiologist as she tries to stay focused on what's really important—her first date. Armed with an intelligence the size of a planet, steel-toed boots, and a junkyard dog attitude, Tinker is ready to kick butt to get her first kiss. Praise for Wen Spencer: “Each and every character is fascinating, extraordinarily well-developed, and gets right under your skin. . . . A terrific, memorable story.” —Julie E. Czerneda, author of In the Company of Others “Spencer takes her readers on a fast-paced journey into disbelief. [Her] timing is impeccable and the denouement stunning.” —Romantic Times four-star review “This novel [Alien Taste] is keeper-shelf material.” —BookBrowser “Wonderfully inventive . . . a fun protagonist.” —Locus
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Author
Wen Spencer
Pages
352
Publisher
Baen
Published Date
2018-09-04
ISBN
1481483471 9781481483476
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"I've recommended this books several times to Fantasy and SciFi fans. Most of those times I mentioned something in the book that I thought matched their request. It was quite a variety of comments because it is a simple story, but with many facets.i think many members of this Fantacy group would enjoy this romantic adventure. Let me set the stage:
Tinker is a teenage genius tomboy living and working in a Pittsburgh that has been transported to another world. A world controlled by Elves and magic. Once every month the Chinese government flips a switch turning off power to a gigantic gate in space designed by Tinker's grandfather. When they do, Pittsburgh returns to earth and for 24 hours before the gate is powered back up, people and goods flow between earth and Pittsburgh.
Just before one such transition an attempt is made on the local Elf prince's life. Tinker intervenes and must save the prince who can not live on an earth without magic.
I won't go into further detail, but thus begins an engaging adventure with a new mythos about Elves, class boundaries, inter-species affairs, magic and science integration, and lots more.
Although the book is the first in a very readable series, it can be read as a stand alone. So, if you like Elves, or romance, or magic, or SciFi, or adventure, kidnappings, mystery, magic creatures, you will like this book. And yes, the romance gets steamy and the adventure gets exciting.
Enjoy."
Karl Roman