Meticulously crafted... mind-tweaking and ironic.

The Atlantic

A rollicking... retrofuturist visual feast.... ‘Frank Reade’ recaptures the brash, anything-is-possible vitality of early science fiction.... At its deepest, the book slyly re-examines the price of modernity by refusing to wholly whitewash its problematic hero.

The Wall Street Journal

A stunning multimedia confection of the highest order that creates a detailed and delightful world.

Publishers Weekly

I was completely pulled into the life and times of Frank Reade (Jr.) and his dozens of inventions and death-defying adventures.… I knew I was reading fiction, but the fiction was so gritty and varied in its narrative that it made me wish this really was the historical record.

Wired.com

Their best work yet.

io9.gizmodo.com

A playful mock documentary.

New York Times Book Review

Like its predecessor [Boilerplate], this book also asks us to take an adventure into re­evaluating the dark moments of history, and hopefully applying the lessons we learn to the present.

The Steampunk Scholar

The feat that authors Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett accomplish is not just re-mixing fact and fiction, but writing it in a way that reveals the double-edged sword of glory during the Age of Empire and beyond.

Tor.com

From the very first page, this book astounds readers with the visuals and layout.... highly entertaining and educational.

Portland Book Review