· Robyn Bennis’s THE GUNS ABOVE is an adventurous military fantasy debut about a nation's first female airship captain. They say it’s not the fall that kills you. For Josette Dupre, the Corps’ first female airship captain, it might just be a bullet in the back. On top of patrolling the front lines, she must also contend with a crew who doubts her expertise, a new airship that is an untested deathtrap, Brand: Tom Doherty Associates. · The Guns Above is a whip-smart, fast-paced, and surprisingly funny military fantasy. I didn’t think that I was interested in reading stories about a woman having to overcome systematic sexism anymore, and I was double not interested in reading anything like a redemption arc for that woman’s sexist antagonist, but Bennis manages to breathe some new life into both of those stories/5(). The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis is a Steampunk war story about a woman who, by luck and her willingness to fight, becomes an airship captain. She is set up by the general, with his nephew Bernat being sent aboard to report on her and provide evidence she’s incompetent/5().
The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis. by Carrie S · Jul 8, at am · View all 18 comments. The Guns Above. by Robyn Bennis. May 2, · Tor Books. The debut novel from Robyn Bennis, The Guns Above is fast-paced flintlock fantasy with brash characters, a heaping dose of black humor, and all the airship battle scenes a girl could ever ask for. In plain words: I loved this book. The Guns Above, released just this spring, is the first in the Signal Airship series by Robyn Bennis. It's a flintlock military fantasy following the adventures of a nation's first female airship captain and all her associated challenges—including dealing with the dandy assigned to spy on her.
Robyn Bennis’s THE GUNS ABOVE is an adventurous military fantasy debut about a nation's first female airship captain. They say it’s not the fall that kills you. For Josette Dupre, the Corps’ first female airship captain, it might just be a bullet in the back. The Guns Above now out in paperback! They say it’s not the fall that kills you. For Josette Dupre, Garnia's first female airship captain, it might just be a bullet in the back. On top of patrolling the front lines, she must also contend with a crew who doubts her expertise, a new airship that's an untested deathtrap, and the foppish aristocrat Lord Bernat, a gambler and shameless flirt with the military know-how of a thimble. Robyn Bennis’s THE GUNS ABOVE is an adventurous military fantasy debut about a nation's first female airship captain. They say it’s not the fall that kills you. For Josette Dupre, the Corps’ first female airship captain, it might just be a bullet in the back. On top of patrolling the front lines, she must also contend with a crew who doubts her expertise, a new airship that is an untested deathtrap, and the foppish aristocrat Lord Bernat, a gambler and shameless flirt with the military.
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