The Steampunk, “The Nine Pound Hammer” by John Claude Bemis takes place in the southeast of the US during the late 1800’s. It tells a story of Ray, a twelve year old boy, who wants to find his father, protect a creature, and defeat The Gog. He must fight The Gog, a man/machine, in order to achieve this goal. First Ray is led by a special stone that was given to him by his father, to a train with a unique type of circus. Then, Ray discovers the truth about who the people really are on the train, and about what happened to his father. After that, Ray and his friends are attacked by some of The Gog’s men, and nearly captured the creature that Ray and his friends were trying to protect. Next, the creature goes missing, later found out was captured
