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11 | ->''Tempus Rerum Imperator.'' |
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13 | [[UsefulNotes/SevenYearsWar The year is 1758 and England is at war.]] In UsefulNotes/{{London}}, evidence has come to light of the existence of [[ClockPunk a singular device - a pocket watch - rumoured to possess properties that are more to do with magic than any known science]]. Daniel Quare, Regulator with the secretive Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, is tasked with tracking down this sinister mechanism. But he is not alone - enemy agents are also on its trail ... |
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15 | And the path Quare must follow is a dangerous one. Full of intrigue, betrayal and murder, it will lead him from a world he knows and understands to an [[MagicalLand otherwhere of demigods and dragons in which nothing is as it seems]]. |
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17 | Time least of all. |
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19 | The first volume of ''The Productions of Time'' by Paul Witcover, called ''The Emperor of All Things'', was published in 2013. Thematically and stylistically, comparisons to Creator/NealStephenson and [[Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell Susanna Clarke]] have been drawn. |
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21 | !!These books provide examples of: |
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23 | %% * AnachronicOrder: Occasionally. |
24 | * CatsAreMagic: Master Magnus' cats have the ability to sense that there's something otherworldly - and lethal - about the clock Magnus and Quare have picked up. [[spoiler: Sadly, the force behind the clock gets rid of them very quickly.]] |
25 | %% * ClockPunk |
26 | %% * GentlemanAndAScholar: The protagonist and his colleagues. |
27 | %% * GeniusCripple: Master Magnus. |
28 | %% * GuileHero: |
29 | %% ** Daniel Quare. |
30 | %% ** And Longinus even more so. |
31 | %% * HeroicBastard: Daniel Quare. |
32 | %% * HiddenElfVillage: The inhabitants of the village Märchen aren't technically elves, but most of the trope still applies. |
33 | * MeaningfulName: As Magnus explains it, 'Quare' is Latin for 'from what cause', reflecting the fact that Daniel's father is unknown. |
34 | %% * TheOrder: The Most Secret and Exalted Order of Regulators. |
35 | %% * PhantomThief: Grimalkin is a famed one. Regulators are also trained to be this. |
36 | %% * RuleOfCool: Frankly this must be the sole reason of existence for the Stairmaster and the Personal Flotation Device. |
37 | * RuleOfThree: Grimalkin can be asked three questions, and three questions only. |
38 | %% * SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Grimalkin.]] |
39 | * TitleDrop: ''Tempus Rerum Imperator'' - or, ''Time is the emperor of all things'' - is the motto of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. The Company places this much value on clocks because as they see it, a nation's superiority in business and battle depends directly upon its ability to measure the passing of time more accurately than its adversaries. |
40 | * TricksterMentor: Master Magnus has shades of this. He's not above using his apprentices - in this case, Quare - for his own sinister and occasionally downright dangerous purposes, but behind it all he still seems to be genuinely concerned for their well-being and future. |
41 | * ViolentGlaswegian: Tom Aylesford. In two days in London he's already fought five duels. Eventually subverted; it turns out he's [[spoiler: a spy for the French who's just real keen on killing the English.]] |
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