Bruce SterlingScience Fiction · Cyberpunk·b. 1954
The Difference Engine
Synopsis
In an alternate 1855, Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine has ushered in the computer age, powered by steam. Three individuals—a disgraced woman, an explorer, and a spy—find themselves entangled in a dangerous pursuit over mysterious Engine cards. Their adventure becomes a race against time and shadowy forces who will kill to possess these secrets.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10