{"id":25570,"date":"2025-12-25T20:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25570"},"modified":"2025-12-26T21:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:04:19","slug":"the-wonder-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25570","title":{"rendered":"The Wonder Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wonder Engine<\/em><\/a> (2018) T. Kingfisher<\/a> (Clocktaur War #2)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPolitics,\u201d she said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any sense. People do the stupidest shit and you want to scream that it\u2019s against their own interests and you never know if they\u2019re playing some deep game you don\u2019t know about or if they\u2019re really just that stupid.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I think we\u2019re having a war because we\u2019ve already got a war, so we might as well keep it.\u201d <\/p>\n

Caliban nodded slowly. \u201cThey have paid most of the costs already, have they not? And the people who have learned to profit from the war will wish to continue.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe are not selling anyone\u2019s boots,\u201d said Caliban. \u201cWe are informing the guards\u2014\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOh, the hell we are,\u201d said Slate. \u201cHave you forgotten what we\u2019re doing here?\u201d <\/p>\n

There was a brief pause. \u201c\u2026yes,\u201d said Caliban. \u201cI had, actually. All right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Slate, Sir Caliban, The Captain, Brenner, Learned Edmund, Grimehug, Boss Horsehead, Ashes Magnus, Sweet Lily<\/p>\n

Cover by Ursula Vernon<\/p>\n

Publisher: Red Wombat Studios<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wonder Engine (2018) T. Kingfisher (Clocktaur War #2) \u201cPolitics,\u201d she said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any sense. People do the stupidest shit and you want to scream that it\u2019s against their own interests and you never know if they\u2019re playing some deep game you don\u2019t know about or if they\u2019re really just that stupid.” “I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,292,2,204,207,742,41,26,39],"tags":[722,262],"class_list":["post-25570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-good","category-mental-health-rep","category-physical-health","category-reread","category-romance","category-sword-sorcery","tag-clocktaur-war","tag-t-kingfisher"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6Eq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22602,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22602","url_meta":{"origin":25570,"position":0},"title":"The Wonder Engine, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"December 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wonder Engine, Audio Book (2018\/2019) T. 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