Worldshake but not worldcrack

WorldShaker: First post
The Book, World shaker is set in a clockwork/ mechanical developed past. The book is set in a large, mechanical machine, that is widely used for trading manufactured goods for raw materials. The large mechanical structure shows a “chain of being” with the higher and more “important” people at the higher parts of the structure. The lower filthies are based at the bottom, fueling the structure with coal and oiling the rollers, they are the reason the juggernaut functions. The upper class control them by monitoring the food supply and they spray them with burning steam. It is miles in length and width in every direction and most of its inhabitants have never been outside. The decks can house anything including, kitchens, laundries, cabins, workshops and even graveyards. This is almost the same as the black American history, with the black Americans being mistreated, and made to work at the “bottom” the same with slaves in Europe working in factories. The upper class, do not think that they are mistreating the filthies as they believe the filthies are not actual people and that they do not feel pain, similar to black American slaves. They force the filthies to live like animals and then they tease them about it.



Main character: Colbert (Col) Porpentine, His grandfather is the supreme Commander on the Juggernaut and second only to the Queen herself. Col has a great sense of duty and a loyalty to the queen. When he is disturbed by the filthy girl he calms himself down by repeating the words duty, Queen and Her Imperial Majesty. He has had a very sheltered upbringing and never has thought of the concept of lying or deception.
This book is exciting from the start when Col is wakened by guards searching for a filthy girl. He later discovers that this filthy is hiding under his bed. Something stops him turning her in and he hides her in his cupboard. The following morning his sister Gillabeth comes in and opens his cupboard and as she is about to find a Filthy in his cupboard there is nothing there. Colis surprised to find out she has used a pin on his jacket to pick the lock and escape in the night as he never thought of Filthies as cunning.This book is full of twists and turns, not even I predicted that Col would enjoy the time they had together and go in search of Riff again(to give her a book she wanted) and even more surprising was the school bully pushing Col down below.

I did predict that Riff would return and that Col would help her get back down below.

Take all this knowing I have only read half of the book so far but what a first half.

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