'If Robert Louis Stevenson and Patrick O'Brian had teamed up to write a rollicking fantasy, Chris Wooding's Retribution Falls would be the result. 'Engaging characters, interesting world, a story that moves - what more can you ask for?' –Troy Denning, New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Abyss Fans of Joss Whedon's Firefly will love it.' –Christopher Golden, co-author of The Secret Journeys of Jack London ' Retribution Falls is an inventive, high-flying adventure full of secrets, sky pirates, and suspense, complete with cocky heroes and daring escapes. 'This is a wonderful book.' – New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris

the kind of old fashioned adventure I didn’t think we were allowed to write anymore, of freebooting privateers making their haphazard way in a wondrous retro-future world.' -Peter Hamilton, author of The Temporal Void ' Retribution Falls picks you up, whisks you swiftly and entertainingly along, and sets you down with a big smile on your face.' –Joe Abercrombie, author of The Last Argument of Kings and Wooding's sprawling, multifaceted world and rough-and-tumble action will delight steampunk fans.' - Publisher's Weekly, starred review

'Beautifully crafted prose and some remarkably imaginative scenes. James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Altar of Eden I've already booked passage for the next flight of the Ketty Jay.long may she sail!' Pirates, sky-ships, and golems are just the trappings for a far-flung adventure of stunning imagination and brilliant craftsmanship. That’s if they can get there without getting blown out of the sky. And the ultimate answer for captain and crew may lie in the legendary hidden pirate town of Retribution Falls. Frey realizes that they’ve been set up to take a fall but doesn’t know the endgame. It’s an easy take-and the payoff will finally make him a rich man.īut when the attack goes horribly wrong, Frey suddenly finds himself the most wanted man in Vardia, trailed by bounty hunters, the elite Century Knights, and the dread queen of the skies, Trinica Dracken. So when an opportunity arises to steal a chest of gems from a vulnerable airship, Frey can’t pass it up. Malvery is a disgraced doctor, drinking himself to death. Jez is the new navigator, desperate to keep her secret from the rest of the crew. Crake is a daemonist in hiding, traveling with an armored golem and burdened by guilt. Fate has not been kind to the captain of the airship Ketty Jay-or his motley crew. Sky piracy is a bit out of Darian Frey’s league.

Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding