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The '''Age of Steam''' novels by Creator/DevonMonk are a series that combines WeirdWest and {{Steampunk}}, consisting thus far of
* ''Dead Iron''
* ''Tin Swift''
* ''Cold Copper''

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The '''Age of Steam''' novels by Creator/DevonMonk are a series that combines WeirdWest and {{Steampunk}}, consisting thus far of
{{Steampunk}}. The series looks to be [[OrphanedSeries orphaned]], with the third novel having come out in 2013 and leaving the series unfinished.


In a version of the American wild west where steampunk contraptions, automatons, and genius inventors exist along side the supernatural, Cedar Hunt is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]]. He and his brother were [[CursedWithAwesome cursed]] by a Pawnee god to transform into wolves and destroy the Strange-- the malevolent, otherworldly creatures that seek to tear the mortal world apart. Unfortunately, Cedar has no control over his violent wolf-self, and after a disastrous first shift, he fears his brother may be lost for good.

On his quest to find both his brother and some way to remove his curse, Cedar runs across the Madder brothers, three eccentric miners who know more about the Strange than they let on and who ''insist'' Cedar help them hunt down powerful objects called Holders. Along the way, Cedar and the Madders also join up with Mae Lindson, a witch who's afraid of using her powers and who has come to the attention of the Strange, and Rose Small, a young woman with a knack for gadgetry and a mysterious past.

* ''Dead Iron''
Iron'' (2011)
* ''Tin Swift''
Swift'' (2012)
* ''Cold Copper''Copper'' (2013)



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%% * TheBlacksmith: the father of the kidnapped boy
%% * BloodMagic: [=LeFel=] uses it.

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%% * TheBlacksmith: In the father of first novel, Rose is aided by the kidnapped boy
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local blacksmith to develop her knack for gadgetry, despite her parents' prohibiting her from learning.
* BloodMagic: [=LeFel=] uses it.blood magic to bring his strange-powered matics to life. His main goal in ''Dead Iron'' is to use blood magic and human sacrifice to open a way back to his dimension.



%% * ChildrenAreSpecial: especially for dreaming.

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%% * ChildrenAreSpecial: especially Part of [=LaFel=]'s plan involves the sacrifice of a child, as children's ability to dream is exceptionally potent for dreaming.working some magic.



%% * CoolGate: [=LeFel=]' aim



%% * {{Curse}}: Why werewolves, and why [=LeFel=] wants them.

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%% * {{Curse}}: Why werewolves, Cedar and why [=LeFel=] wants them.Wil were cursed with lycanthropy by "a Pawnee god" to hunt down the strange.



%% * TheDrifter: Cedar
%% * DoorstopBaby: Rose's backstory
%% * TheExile: [=LeFel=]
* TheEyesHaveIt: In ''Dead Iron'', a room of Strangework mantics is absolutely still, except for eyes following [=LeFel=] and Mr. Shunt.
%% * TheFairFolk: [=LeFel=]

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%% * TheDrifter: Cedar
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Cedar had been a scholar at university before the death of his wife and daughter. After coming west, becoming cursed, and losing his brother, Cedar has become a wanderer, roaming town to town to find some way to break his curse (or at least do some good with it).
* DoorstopBaby: Rose's backstory
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Rose Small was found by her adoptive parents in a basket. Part of the reason why she never fit in with her home town is because she has some kind of hereditary gift for gadgetry.
* TheExile: [=LeFel=]
[=LeFel=] is one of TheFairFolk who was banished from his [[LandOfFaerie homeland]] for murdering members of his royal family.
* TheEyesHaveIt: In ''Dead Iron'', a room of Strangework mantics matics is absolutely still, except for eyes following [=LeFel=] and Mr. Shunt.
%% * TheFairFolk: [=LeFel=][=LeFel=] is some kind of elven nobility who was banished to the mortal world. He has a limited amount of time to find a way back to TheLandOfFaerie before he dies like a mortal.



* HumanSacrifice: In ''Dead Iron'', [=LeFel=] has long searched for [[TargetedHumanSacrifice the three humans]] he must sacrifice for his CoolGate.
%% * InvoluntaryShapeshifter: Cedar
* InsubstantialIngredients: Played with in ''Dead Iron'', Alun Maddox talks of spoons made of moonlight -- and Cedar says his gun is made with pain.

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* HumanSacrifice: In ''Dead Iron'', [=LeFel=] has long searched for [[TargetedHumanSacrifice the three humans]] he must sacrifice for his CoolGate.
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CoolGate: a witch, a child, and a man with a curse.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: Cedar
Cedar cannot control his transformation. It always happens at the full moon, and when it does, he becomes a violent and bloodthirsty beast.
* InsubstantialIngredients: Played with in ''Dead Iron'', Alun Maddox Madder talks of spoons made of moonlight -- and Cedar says his gun is made with pain.



%% * OrphansPlotTrinket: Rose's device.

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%% * OrphansPlotTrinket: Rose's device.When Rose was left on the Small's doorstep as an infant, she was given a device that may be related to some ancient magical family line.



%% * {{Revenge}}: Mae's motivation



%% * SmallTownBoredom: Rose wants out



%% * WitchHunt: How [=LeFel=] intends to control the Mae.

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%% * WitchHunt: How [=LeFel=] intends needs to control sacrifice a witch for his plan to work, so he blames Mae for all the Mae.crimes he's done to the town, stirring up the locals to form a mob and flush her out of hiding.

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* BalefulPolymorph: In ''Dead Iron'', Cedar's brother Wil was permanently turned into a wolf--with, fortunately, his own mind--as opposed to Cedar's InvoluntaryShapeshifter.


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* ForcedTransformation: In ''Dead Iron'', Cedar's brother Wil was permanently turned into a wolf--with, fortunately, his own mind--as opposed to Cedar's InvoluntaryShapeshifter.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: In ''Dead Iron'', Cedar's brother Wil dragged him west after the loss of his wife and children. Then they went on the wrong land and were {{curse}}d into {{werewolf}} form. Cedar came to find himself at the end of a bloody trail, and backtracked to find his brother's wolf corpse, its throat torn out by himself.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: In ''Dead Iron'', Cedar's brother Wil dragged him west after the loss of his wife and children. Then they went on the wrong land and were {{curse}}d into {{werewolf}} [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] form. Cedar came to find himself at the end of a bloody trail, and backtracked to find his brother's wolf corpse, its throat torn out by himself.

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* ColorCodedEyes: In ''Dead Iron'', Wil's eyes are still copper even in wolf form. The precise color is not so significant as what it shows about Wil's ability to keep his human mind in wolf form.



* WindowsToTheSoul: In ''Dead Iron'', Wil's eyes are still copper even in wolf form. The precise color is not so significant as what it shows about Wil's ability to keep his human mind in wolf form.
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* WhiteMagic: Mae's sisters.
* WindowsToTheSoul: Wil's eyes stay the same color even in wolf form.
* WitchHunt: How [=LeFel=] intends to control the Mae.

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%% * WhiteMagic: Mae's sisters.
* WindowsToTheSoul: In ''Dead Iron'', Wil's eyes stay the same are still copper even in wolf form. The precise color even is not so significant as what it shows about Wil's ability to keep his human mind in wolf form.
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* TheExile: [=LeFel=]
* TheEyesHaveIt: some Strangwork mantics.
* TheFairFolk: [=LeFel=]

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%% * TheExile: [=LeFel=]
* TheEyesHaveIt: some Strangwork mantics.
In ''Dead Iron'', a room of Strangework mantics is absolutely still, except for eyes following [=LeFel=] and Mr. Shunt.
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* TheFairFolk: [=LeFel=]



* PowerOfLove: Why [=LeFel=] needs to kill Jeb.

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* PowerOfLove: Why In ''Dead Iron'', [=LeFel=] needs has to kill Jeb.Jeb because otherwise his and Mae's love would protect her.
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* SmallTownBoredom: Rose wants out
* SomethingAboutARose: Captain Hink's romantic gift

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%% * SmallTownBoredom: Rose wants out
* SomethingAboutARose: In ''Cold Copper'', Captain Hink's romantic giftHink had given Rose a wallpaper rose, folded paper and perfumed. She had kissed him -- more than once -- because of it.
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* RuleOfThree: [=LeFel=] tries to invoke this on Jeb

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* RuleOfThree: In ''Dead Iron'', [=LeFel=] tries to invoke this on JebJeb Lindson -- he shouldn't have to kill him more than three times.
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* OrphansPlotTrinket: Rose's device.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: In fact, the two of them differ from each other.

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%% * OrphansPlotTrinket: Rose's device.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: In fact, ''Dead Iron'', Cedar, under a {{curse}}, changes by the two of them differ from each other.full moon and loses his mind, requiring him to chain himself. He pays quite dearly for a collar that lets him keep his right mind. [[spoiler:Later we learn his brother Wil is still alive and also under a curse, but while Cedar only changes during the full moon, Wil is permanently a wolf, and fortunately, can control himself all the time when not actively bespelled by [=LeFel=]]].
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* MagicalLand: [=LeFel=]'s aim
* MosesInTheBulrushes: Rose Small, by the device left with her, though not all is clear yet.
* MustBeInvited: Mae refuses the vampire this.

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%% * MagicalLand: [=LeFel=]'s aim
* MosesInTheBulrushes: In ''Dead Iron'', Rose Small, by Small's backstory was being abandoned on the device left with her, though not all is clear yet.
step of her adoptive parents' home.
* MustBeInvited: In ''Dead Iron'', Mae explicitly refuses permission to enter her home, though the vampire this.effect appears to be more her spells than the refusal.
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* AFriendInNeed: Rose to Mae

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* AFriendInNeed: In ''Dead Iron'', when Rose to Maeis thrown out of the meeting where the WitchHunt is started, she resolves that nothing can stop her from helping Mae.



* {{Revenge}}: Mae's motivation

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* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: Cedar
* InsubstantialIngredients: Played with

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%% * InvoluntaryShapeshifter: Cedar
* InsubstantialIngredients: Played withwith in ''Dead Iron'', Alun Maddox talks of spoons made of moonlight -- and Cedar says his gun is made with pain.
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* HumanSacrifice: Needed for the gate

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* HumanSacrifice: Needed In ''Dead Iron'', [=LeFel=] has long searched for [[TargetedHumanSacrifice the gatethree humans]] he must sacrifice for his CoolGate.
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* GreenThumb: Rose can hear plants talking.

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* GreenThumb: In ''Dead Iron'', Rose can hear plants talking.talk. She tries to ignore it; wearing her OrphansPlotTrinket helps.

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