The Lost Memories of Meriwether Klark

The Memory Thief #4

by Sarina Dorie

Meriwether Klark remembers little of his former life before his father took him to New Campton Manor Station, only that his mother paid dearly for displeasing Lord Archibald Klark. Meriwether’s new home is a strange place with an artificial sun, nannies made of metal, and ghostly echoes of someone locked below the mansion. While dodging his father’s wrath, Meriwether learns the station is built on secrets . . . and he is determined to uncover them.

Before long, Meriwether is crawling through vents, constructing spying automatons and making friends with lower-class people his father would disapprove of. He discovers his father’s greatest enemy is a vengeful vigilante known as The Phantom of the Station. If Meriwether is to ever find out what happened to his mother and expose all the wicked deeds his father has committed, he will have to team up with a man more dangerous than his father.

And somehow he must keep up appearances and remain devilishly handsome in the latest frock coat fashions. If he is caught defying Lord Klark, he may end up dead. This is the fourth book in The Memory Thief Series, but it can be read as a stand-alone novel separate from the previous books.

Experience steampunk across the farthest reaches of the galaxy.

REVIEW

3 out of 5

Space travel meets the Victorian era in this interesting story. Unfortunately, it was also a bit disjointed and confusing at times. Although the writing itself has no serious errors to detract from the story, it wasn’t always easy to follow or immerse myself in the plot. I really think this would have benefitted from going for a more fantasy setting, instead of including things that tie the story to the real world. Overall, it’s intriguing, but I’m not sure where I fall on how much I like it. Three stars for solid writing and a fun premise.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tooth fairies and bogeymen, Puritans and aliens, and robots in love with toasters. Welcome to my worlds.

As a child, Sarina Dorie dreamed of being an astronaut/archaeologist/fashion designer/illustrator/writer. After years of dedication and hard work, most of Sarina’s dreams have come true; in addition to teaching art, she is an author/copywriter/artist/fashion designer/belly dancer. She has taught English overseas in South Korea and in the JET program in Japan, where she felt like an alien much of the time which inspired numerous stories. She has shown her art internationally and sold illustrations to magazines and currently works as a high school art teacher.

Sarina Dorie has sold over 150 short stories to markets like Analog, Daily Science Fiction, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Orson Scott Card’s IGMS, Cosmos, and Abyss and Apex. Her stories and published novels have won humor and Romance Writer of America awards. She has sold three novels to publishers: Silent Moon, Dawn of the Morning Star and Wrath of the Tooth Fairy. Her steampunk romance series, The Memory Thief and her collections, Fairies, Robots and Unicorns–Oh My! and Ghosts, Werewolves and Zombies–Oh My! are available on Amazon, along with her series, WOMBY’S SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD WITCHES.

A few of her favorite things include: gluten-free brownies (not necessarily glutton-free), Star Trek, steampunk aesthetics, fairies, Severus Snape, Captain Jack Sparrow and Mr. Darcy. By day, Sarina is a public school art teacher, artist, belly dance performer and instructor, copy editor, fashion designer, event organizer and probably a few other things. By night, she writes. As you might imagine, this leaves little time for sleep.

Now, if only Jack Sparrow asks her to marry him, all her dreams will come true.

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