Mechanical dragons? Yes, please!

Copper Lies by Alli Prince is now available from all major retailers worldwide. This coming-of-age Christian steampunk story is filled with secrets, lies, and, best of all, a dragon!

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Watch as Lillian, the ward of an esteemed scientist, struggles to fit into two different worlds. Will she live the life of a brilliant inventor or give up on her dreams and become a respectable lady instead?

But more importantly, which will prove to her mentor that it wasn’t a mistake to choose her?

From the back of the book:

One secret can lead to many lies…

If you make something, and then that something accidentally comes alive and destroys your entire town…would it be fair to say that you destroyed the town, or can we just blame it on the thing?

Lillian Booker is dying to experiment on the strange glowing rocks hidden inside her adoptive father’s workshop—but the professor forbid it before he left on his journey. As Lillian learns all she can about the stones without breaking the professor’s rule, she finds herself stuck between two worlds.

Will she live the life of a brilliant inventor or give up on her dreams and become a respectable lady instead? What will make her happy? Most importantly, which will prove to the professor that he didn’t make a mistake when he chose her?

When Lillian secretly builds a mechanical dragon, one mistake leads to another—the strange glowing stones and her creation collide, her dragon roars to life. Lillian must make a choice…lie and keep her dragon a secret or finally face the truth?

Will any of it matter anyway if the town’s already been destroyed?

About the Author

Alli Prince has been creating stories since she could form words and has been writing since long before she learned about sentence structure and grammar (her editors think she could still learn a thing or two about grammar).

She’s been published to The Pearl and was the project manager for Lawless. Alli graduated from The Company, an in-person writing and publishing apprenticeship, in 2024. She hopes to write stories that positively influence the world of Christian literature and bring glory to God’s name.

Purchase and Promote

Copper Lies is available from all major retailers, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Alli welcomes opportunities to talk about her new book. To invite her to your blog, podcast, or event, please contact her via the contact form on her website here: https://alliprince.com/contact-me/

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