These books are always fun to read... and most of this one happens in The Land Of My Birth, New Orleans! Of course, I didn't live there during the Civil War, nor have I frequented any brothels in the French Quarter... then again, I've never flown in a dirigible or battled the armies of the undead, either, so I guess that doesn't matter too much. The Clockwork Century books are always a thrill ride; if it's not zombis (or rotters, depending on if you're from New Orleans or Seattle) causing mischief, it's Confederates or Union soldiers, or now in this book, Texians. It's also fun to see Horatio Korman again (from Dreadnought) and realize that his appearance here with Josephine is so brief that it's got to be just the beginning of a larger story that we'll get to read in coming years. 
 There's a twist near the end of this book that will catch you totally broadside... not that anyone turns evil and endangers the mission (or turns into a zombi, for that matter!), but someone has a shocking secret that you don't find out until a few chapters from the end. I never saw that one coming!