The Native Star

The Native Star is a historical fantasy novel, and the first novel from writer M. K. Hobson. It was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award.

The Native Star
AuthorM. K. Hobson
Cover artistDavid Stevenson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical Fantasy
PublisherBantam Spectra
Publication date
October 2010
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN978-0-553-59265-8
Followed byThe Hidden Goddess 

Plot summary

The Native Star, set in America in 1876, follows the adventures of Emily Edwards, town witch of the tiny Sierra Nevada settlement of Lost Pine. Her business is suffering from the rise of mail-order patent magicks, and her only chance at avoiding the penury at her doorstep is to use a love spell to bewitch the town’s richest lumberman into marrying her.

When the love spell goes terribly wrong, Emily is forced to accept the aid of Dreadnought Stanton—a pompous and scholarly Warlock from New York City—to set things right. Together, they travel from the seedy underbelly of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast, across the United States by transcontinental railroad and biomechanical flying machine, to the highest halls of American magical power, all while being pursued by various factions who want for themselves a powerful magical artifact that has come into Emily’s possession.

Critical reception

The Native Star was included on Locus' Recommended Reading List for 2010[1] as well as several other "Top 10 of 2010" lists.[2][3][4] Publishers Weekly called it "clever and original" and "[a] splendid debut." [5] It was nominated for the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novel.[6]

Reviews
gollark: I'm sure you can describe a supertask machine or something in enough detail that a *good* genie could make it for you quite fast.
gollark: Which would obviously not work.
gollark: There are lots of things which just sell you a service where they try and negotiate with the owners.
gollark: It probably isn't *actually* available for you to purchase.
gollark: Apparently my server really did not like me accidentally unplugging the boot drive while it was on, and is now not working. Sad.

References
  1. Locus, Recommended Reading List 2010 (First Novels), February 2011 (http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2011/Issue02_RecommendedReading.html)
  2. The Book Pushers, Top 10 reads of 2010 (http://thebookpushers.com/2010/12/31/our-top-reads-from-2010/)
  3. The Reader Eclectic, Top 10 of 2010 (http://www.thereadereclectic.com/?p=1153/)
  4. From the TBR Pile, Top 10 of 2010 (http://fromthetbrpile.blogspot.com/2010/12/10-on-10th.html/)
  5. Publishers Weekly Review (on Amazon.com page)
  6. http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/2010-nebula-nominees/
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