Michael Swanwick, one of the founders (along with Bruce Sterling and William Gibson) of cyberpunk, writes a book of fate first a girl, then a woman, kidnapped at a young age from an earthly family and transferred to the cruel world of elves and steam dragons. Incredible fusion of technical thriller and psychological fantasy . Dragons are collected in factories, cargo is transported by strange monsters, and a little girl - whether a fairy or not - kidnaps an old iron dragon and flies away to an unknown, evil and beautiful world of war and love. Translator Alexander Petrov, for a brilliant translation of the novel “The Daughter of the Iron Dragon”, was awarded the “Wanderer” award (1997) To the attention of the reader is presented the full text of the publication.