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The Iron Fin

A Historical Fantasy Romance (Elemental Web Chronicles, Book 3)

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The Iron Fin

By: Anne Renwick
Narrated by: Philip Battley, Sarah Barron
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Summary

Off the windswept shores of Scotland, unnatural and deadly secrets lurk beneath the waves.

Isa McQuiston is caught between two worlds.

Strange creatures are attacking her people, the injuries inflicted beyond her medical expertise. Men tossed ashore by the waves, drained of blood, a severed tentacle piercing their flesh. Any hope of finding answers involves forging a cautious alliance with a handsome outsider.

Dr. Alec McCullough, recovering naval officer, is investigating a rash of inexplicable octopus attacks, but his every effort is met with resistance. Coaxing an attractive young widow—the local healer—to allow him to examine the latest victim only leads to further complications.

Together, they uncover layers of deceit—and creatures fabricated from a fusion of both living and mechanical components. As innocent lives are callously sacrificed, Isa and Alec struggle to forge a future together while attempting to prevent a disaster of international proportions.

The Iron Fin is a steampunk-infused gaslamp fantasy romance set along the windswept shores of Scotland, blending maritime mystery, forbidden science, and simmering outsider-to-allies tension. When a brilliant local healer is forced to work with a wounded naval investigator, their uneasy alliance uncovers monstrous secrets—crafted from flesh and machine—that threaten both their hearts and the world beyond the waves.

ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous Secrets, Icy Betrayals

ELEMENTAL WEB TALES: A Trace of Copper, In Pursuit of Dragons, A Reflection of Shadows, A Snowflake at Midnight, A Ghost in Amber, A Whisper of Bone, Flight of the Scarab

ELEMENTAL WEB STORIES: The Tin Rose, Kraken and Canals, Rust and Steam, Black Sand and Blood

©2018 Karen Pinco (P)2026 Karen Pinco
Fantasy Historical Historical Fiction Science Fiction Steampunk Fiction Heartfelt

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I really did enjoy this book. I have others by the same author but I think I favour this most because of the characters and their humour. The narrators were well chosen. My only complaint there is that some audio presentations, and this is one of them, persist in having a female narrator for one chapter, followed by a male for the next, and so on. I find it distracting to have a particular character’s voice change between male and female narrators, no matter how good they are. Better to have it more like a dialogue between the characters with the narrators sticking with female-male roles. That is not to say that a male narrator cannot effectively do a female voice and vice versa. But with two narrators for one book, providing audio for a character each for the entirety of the book is better. Unfortunately, with the limited audio preview one cannot be sure. I have returned audiobooks because of a story spoiled by male and female narrators doing alternate chapters, Good though the book might have been.

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