![]() ![]() ![]() Lysvet 'Liv' Alverhuysen at the Koenigswald Academy, where she has taught for years. The reader is introduced to the character of Dr. One lazy Lineman leaves the General alive because he does not want to spare the effort to bend over to slit his throat. As he lies immobile on the ground, Linesmen walk among the dead and wounded, slaying any still alive. The book begins by telling the story of how the General falls prey to one of the Line's noisemaker devises, something that drives the listener mad if it does not kill them outright. The book was nominated for a 2011 Locus Award. ![]() The Gun are made up of thieves and murderers and keep hold of the people by fear and violence, but they are losing the war against the Line. The Line is industrial, with technological weapons and trains that speed by so quickly the countryside is barely seen and take over towns and make their citizens slaves at their whim. The novel pits two rival factions against each other as they each hunt for a way to end the everlasting war between them. It tells the story of Liv Alverhuysen, a female psychologist who sets off on an adventure to heal the mad and John Creedmoor, an Agent of the Gun who is goaded into obedience to his master's orders, despite his growing disdain for them. It is set in an alternate version of the American Wild West in which the Far West reaches of the world are untamed and still being created. The Half-Made World is a 2010 steampunk fantasy novel by British writer Felix Gilman. ![]()
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