So much steam, gears, punk, smoke and mirrors and high-tech super-fast trains in the middle-of-the-night high-wire acts, swords and daggers and long, long cloaks…

Welcome to a world you’ve never been to.

And Catherine is front and center.

A young woman.

Desperate.

Daring to do something not even the Resistance could do.

She steals a top-tier train (equipped with off-the-charts speed and a hot chocolate maker) and dares to break into the Armory of the all-powerful Authority.

To attempt.

The most suicidal rescue mission yet.

She’s wired.

She might be losing her mind.

She’s hearing voices.

But she’ll do whatever it takes.

She’ll ride or die.

Until the bitter end.

‘A THRILL-A-MINUTE RIDE THAT SHOULD BE READ WITH HOT-BUTTERED POPCORN.’

‘LIKE AN ACDC GUITAR RIFF THAT LASTS OVER 300 PAGES.’

“…the story is very quickly paced, and the characters well drawn.’ - Amazon Review

‘Plot was great, attention-grabbing, nail-biting.’ - Raggedy Ann

‘Amazing book! I can't wait to read more from this author. What a gift from God!’ - Lucy

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR.

This ambitious novel by me, AJ Diaz, is paced with deadly intention.

I was very inspired by 'Mad Max: Fury Road', and nachos, and birthday cake pops (my favorite).

My main inspiration, though, is wanting you to turn the page. And then the next page. And then eat a snack. And then the next page. And drink coffee, please. I don’t understand people who drink tea.

That’s enough from me.

I love you.

And I’m currently on my way to Starbucks.

I also wrote this novel because I wanted to reinvent the steampunk genre by adding magnets and the manipulation of polarity to the equation. In this world, different from our world, you can take control of the polarity of the planet, allowing you to fall from greater heights, and jump higher, and even build machines that run off of MAGNET POWER. You’ll see.

This book was formerly published under the title ‘The Girl With The Train,’ but I wanted to republish it under a new title. Because I can. Because I think 'CATHERINE: ROSES AND THORNS' is a much better title.

The end.