Free (nook/Kindle/Kobo) The Vile Desire to Scream [YA AH Victorian Steampunk Fantasy]

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The Vile Desire to Scream: A Novella by Irish author Oisín McGann (ISFDB, Wikipedia) is a tie-in story to his Wildenstern Saga of YA Victorian alternate history steampunk fantasy, free courtesy of publisher Open Road Media.

According to the author's website, this slots chronologically between the 1st and 2nd novels but can be read standalone, and is being made free to promote the recently-released 3rd-in-series.

Currently free @ B&N (also UK), Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), Kobo & iTunes & Google Play (all available to Canadians), as well as directly @ the author's website (DRM-free in multiple formats available worldwide).

A previous Open Road freebie by the same author, in one of his YA sci-fi futuristic dystopias, is still available if you missed it earlier: Spoil the Kill

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Because it's always nice to receive sfnal freebies, and another promotion of such from Open Road Media, who've been doing a rather nice job of gathering quality backlist and offering them at occasional deep-discounts (even if it's mostly just for the US, since Canada is apparently no longer eligible for them in most stores) couponable @ Kobo, is always a welcome treat.

Enjoy!

Description
The young wife of the most powerful man in Ireland has been kidnapped, and Nate and Gerald must save her—from their own family, if necessary

While her husband is away on business, Daisy Wildenstern buys a shape-shifting engimal from the charming adventurer Peter Barnum. The origins of the part-animal, part-machine being are a mystery.

Life is cruel in Daisy’s family. Trained from childhood to be merciless predators, the Wildensterns are taught to trust no one—especially not their treacherous relatives. As long as their reputation stays intact, nothing is considered unacceptable on their quest for wealth and power. But Daisy belongs to a new generation of Wildensterns who are determined to defy their elders and live a more honorable life.

When Daisy and the engimal go missing, it is of little surprise that most of her family doesn’t seem to care. It’s up to her brother-in-law, Nate, and his cousin Gerald to find Daisy and face her kidnapper, a ruthlessly cunning hunter.

With relatives like these, who needs enemies?