Library Journal: This surprisingly assured first novel, which grew out of the author’s extensive research into 18th-century ironmaking, features sharply drawn portraits of several historical figures, including John Wilkinson, James Watt, and Erasmus Darwin. Highly recommended.” – Edward B. St. John, Reed Business Information, Inc.
Wally Lamb:”Reading David Morse’s The Iron Bridge, I spiraled into a fictive dream that seemed at times more real than the world around me. Told in prose that is cinematic and sensual, vivid and true, this extraordinary novel invites us to glimpse the future as we see, taste, and touch the historical past. The Iron Bridge is a work of vision and verisimilitude.” — “The history and character of iron-making in David Morse’s The Iron Bridge are remarkable. And his science fiction idea produces an understanding of history that seems right: You can’t just ‘fix’ industrialism.” —
Kirkpatrick Sale: “This is a book that shows with great acuity the kind of global eco-disaster that industrialism is taking us to – and with great sensitivity the kind of spiritual awakening to living with the earth that just might avert it.”
Ron Charles, The Christian Science Monitor: “This surprisingly assured first novel…features sharply drawn portraits of several historical figures, including John Wilkinson, James Watt, and Erasmus Darwin. …Highly recommended.”
Faren Miller, Locus: David Morse’s engaging new novel, The Iron Bridge, forces us to consider the complex forces that converge to change the world….. With this novel Morse has quickly established himself as a writer about the past to watch for in the future.”
