‣ Type of book: Literary Fiction

‣ Genre: Historical / Speculative Science Fiction / Fantasy

‣ Number of words: 103,000

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‣ Characters shared with A Cold Hard Material: 3

‣ Locations: Manchester, England. Alexandria, Luxor, and Cairo, Egypt. Besançon and Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.

‣ Themes: Art and craftsmanship, astronomy, auto racing, colonialism and nationalism, Egypt, family history, France, identity and ancestry, invention, love, magic and the supernatural, physics, religion, running skirmishes, secret societies, time and horology, the watchmaking industry