The Kraken King, Part VIII The Kraken King and the Greatest AdventureArriving in Krakentown with their enemies in hot pursuit, Zenobia doesn’t know how they can even hope to win. Being terrified brings forth an undeniable truth: she loves Ariq and will do whatever it takes to stand by him.But as their adversaries appear on the horizon, they realize that not all is lost. Drawing on the power of the terrible war machine, Ariq, Zenobia, and the entire town must put their lives on the line to protect what they love…Includes a bonus excerpt of Meljean Brook’s “Here There Be Monsters.”

    After a visit from an old friend rekindles her every fear, Zenobia must decide whether to trust Ariq with her heart—and the Kraken King must decide whether he can ever let her go.But when danger invades their lovers’ sanctuary, Ariq and Zenobia will have to put aside their troubled emotions. Outwitting their enemies and the Empress will be no easy feat. Luckily, they have a few allies waiting in the wings…Includes a bonus excerpt of Meljean Brook’s “Here There Be Monsters.”More to come…Don’t miss The Kraken King, Part VIII

    But it comes with a price when Ariq demands that Zenobia reveal her secrets in return.Ariq wants nothing more than for Zenobia to trust him, and he knows exactly which sensual tricks will breach her defenses. But although she urgently desires the powerful governor, Zenobia isn’t a woman who will be easily won with a few passionate kisses.When his ambush goes awry, Ariq discovers just how deeply he can hurt her—but the real danger to Zenobia is one that he never expected…

     The Kraken King, Part V The Kraken King and the Iron Heart With their lives and the fate of an empire at stake, Ariq is forced to leave Zenobia behind. Held captive by their enemies, Zenobia can only pray that Ariq keeps his promise to come for her—until a terrible loss prods her to action. Ariq has no intention of handing over the Skybreaker to the two men responsible for the marauders’ attacks against Krakentown—but without a ransom to give them, Ariq must risk everything to rescue Zenobia and stop the swarming forces bent on destruction… Includes a bonus excerpt of Meljean Brook’s Riveted. More to come…Don’t miss The Kraken King, Part VI

    As they continue their expedition across Australia, Ariq is determined to stay close to Zenobia and figure out what kind of game she’s playing—even as his admiration for the enigmatic woman starts to override his suspicion.For Zenobia, revealing her identity to a man who once made his living outside of the law is out of the question—even though Ariq’s dashing looks and blunt manner are distractingly appealing.But before anyone’s secrets or desires can be exposed, an unexpected attack threatens to destroy them all…

     The Kraken King, Part VI The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls Reunited, Ariq and Zenobia must journey over the red wall and make a desperate appeal to the one woman with enough power to halt the marauders’ plans—the Empress of Nippon. But even the Kraken King cannot demand the attentions of an empress. Masked and quarantined, Ariq and Zenobia are forced to bide their time. Despite the fact that they are as physically close as two people can be, Zenobia is trying to keep the man she can’t help but love at a distance, terrified she’ll be hurt again. And all the while, the mysteries of the Living City grow around them… Includes a bonus excerpt of Meljean Brook’s Riveted. More to come…Don’t miss The Kraken King, Part VII

     The Kraken King, Part III The Kraken King and the Fox’s Den After a harrowing escape, Zenobia, Ariq, and their company take refuge in a gold rush town—but their temporary port is just a respite before traveling to the dangerous smugglers’ dens. Ariq is determined to uncover the men responsible for the threat to Krakentown, even if it means confronting the notorious den lords. But when he discovers evidence in Zenobia’s letters connecting her to the Horde rebellion, he realizes that the threat is far greater than he had suspected. His loyalties torn, Ariq must distance himself from the fascinating woman he desperately wants to hold closer. Stunned and hurt by Ariq’s inexplicable coldness, Zenobia prepares to leave the dens and continue her journey to the Red City. But in the smugglers’ dens, danger lurks around every corner, and all of her protection is gone… Includes a bonus excerpt of Meljean Brook’s Heart of Steel. More to come…Don’t miss The Kraken King, Part IV

    Unsure if she’s a spy or a pawn in someone else’s game, Ariq isn’t about to let her out of his sight until he finds out…After escaping her fourth kidnapping attempt in a year, Zenobia Fox has learned to vigilantly guard her identity. While her brother Archimedes is notorious for his exploits, Zenobia has had no adventures to call her own—besides the stories she writes. But when she jumps at the chance to escape to the wilds of Australia and acquire research for her next story, Zenobia quickly discovers that the voyage will be far more adventurous than any fiction she could put to paper…

     You can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family … or can you? Under normal circumstances, sixteen-year-old twins Maggie and Lizzie would be delighted to meet their long-lost relatives and be reunited with those who had believed them dead, but when are the Mopsies’ circumstances ever to be considered normal? They are joyfully ready to embrace family and welcome them into the loyal circle that the Lady of Devices, Claire Trevelyan, has created from a formerly ragtag lot of alley mice. But the more time the Mopsies spend in Lizzie’s father’s castle in the Cotswolds and then their grandparents’ clifftop mansion in Cornwall, the more they realize that the events surrounding their mothers’ deaths are more mysterious—and dangerous—than anyone alive suspects. Worse, the events of the past are still reaching out to trigger the dangers of the present, and only a lady of resources and a lady of spirit may stand between the people they love … and certain death.

    It’s the space race in 1869 in a kind of alternate past. … When you see the book itself, it’s this big, oversized object with this incredible watercolor comics style, and it’s this really big, epic, sweeping story of a boy following in his mother’s discovery and then opening up the solar system, but in the age of the 1800s. It’s got a kind of steampunk but also a kind of young, classic children’s story feel to it.”

    Which means a reward for Piper if she can get the girl home. The one sure way to the Territories is the 401, a great old beauty of a train. But a ticket costs more coin than Piper could make in a year. And stowing away is a difficult prospect--everyone knows that getting past the peculiar green-eyed boy who stands guard is nearly impossible. Life for Piper just turned dangerous. A little bit magical. And very exciting, if she can manage to survive the journey.

    A terrible calamity in the past had blanketed much of the world with a toxic "fug." Those who survived were forced to take to the mountains and the skies in wondrous airships. Life has since been a struggle, with only the most ruthless and crafty able to survive. To spare themselves the same fate, the Calderans erected a battery of guns to fend off the airships of the mainland. They isolated themselves from the madness of the world, choosing instead to focus on the pursuits of art and creativity. Few believe the technologically advanced but socially barbarous outsiders have anything to offer. Amanita Graus, though, is hoping that they do. Nita's mother has lost her livelihood and perhaps soon her life to a terrible disease. Already the black sheep of the family for embracing engineering rather than art, Nita resolves to leave the safety of her home and do whatever it takes to find a cure. For a price, the bizarre crew of an airship called The Wind Breaker are willing to grant her a meeting with their mysterious benefactors, and thus a chance to procure the one thing with a chance to save her mother. Free-Wrench follows Nita’s adventures in a steampunk world of airships and lunatics. Helping her in her journey are an eccentric crew of smugglers; the gruff Cap’n Mack, the simple but enthusiastic Lil and Coop, the arrogant marksman Gunner, the surly surgeon Butch, and the irritable mascot Wink. To survive and find what she seeks she’ll need to earn their trust, follow their rules, and meet face to face with the people who pull the strings of their society.

    This mistake will endanger his life . . . and his heart. Thrill! As our hero battles dreadful kraken above Prosperity. Gasp! As the miracles of clockwork engineering allow a dead man to wreak his vengeance upon the living. Marvel! At the aerial escapades of the aethership, Shadowless. Beware! The licentious and unchristian example set by the opium-addled navigatress, Miss Grey. Disapprove Strongly! Of the utter moral iniquity of the dastardly crime prince, Milord. Swoon! At the dashing skycaptain, Byron Kae. Swoon Again! At the tormented clergyman, Ruben Crowe. This volume (available for the first time on mechanical book-reading devices) contains the complete original text of Piccadilly’s memoirs as first serialised in All the Year Round. Some passages may prove unsettling to unmarried gentlemen of a sensitive disposition.

    More at ease with a blade than a needle, she is stalked along the ancient corridors by a Scottish lord intent on determining why she is among them.She stumbles onto the reason when soldiers arrive to see her friend, Zeb, a mechanical genius. On the hunt for answers, she breaks into his underground laboratory. There, Allie discovers Zeb is not just constructing sentient mechanical creatures, he is building a devastating new weapon for the military.To protect her friend, Allie will have to stop the guilds from snatching the weapon and its creator. But if she betrays her world, she forfeits her own life. Unless she can rely on bonds of friendship to save both their lives...

    But Doctor Varanus Shashavani has far more pressing concerns to worry about than a lunatic in Whitechapel. Her charitable hospital is under siege by gang lords, her English cousins are threatening to steal her inheritance, and her best friend has become obsessed with Gothic novels. To make matters worse, her son Friedrich is associating with an American who talks endlessly of wellness and yoghurt, while her bodyguard is pestering her to return home to Georgia, half a world away. It seems that everyone--friends, enemies, and "Saucy Jack" alike--have conspired to interrupt her work. But Varanus did not obtain immortality just to have mad killers and distant relations get in the way of scientific progress. Though supernatural conspiracies and all-too-human monsters confront her at every turn, Varanus will stand firm against all odds. After all, she is accustomed to fighting for what is rightfully hers.

    Francisco, a bustling city of English lords and Chinese ghettos. St. Francisco is a jewel in the Empire’s crown and as deeply embroiled in the conflict between the Arcane and Science as its sister city, London—a very dark and dangerous battle.Marcus Stenhill, Viscount of Westwood, stumbles upon that darkness when he encounters a pack of young bloods beating a man senseless. Westwood’s duty and honor demand he save the man, but he’s taken aback to discover the man is Robin Harris, a handsome young inventor indirectly responsible for the death of Marcus’s father.Living in the shadows following a failed coup, Robin devotes his life to easing others’ pain, even though his creations are considered mechanical abominations of magicks and science. Branded a deviant and a murderer, Robin expects the viscount to run as far as he can—and is amazed when Marcus reaches for him instead.

    As an agent for a secret society (the Fare) is dispatched to retrieve the plans, three tweens get caught in the middle as they try to protect brilliant inventor, Nikolas Klaus. Meet Tee Baker, granddaughter of the baker from secret society The Tub and of Nikolas Klaus, and her best friends Elly and Richy, as they come together heroically for the first time as the legendary Yellow Hoods. Danger, intrigue and secrets await, and the intense grows, as the series builds. A hit with those 9-15 and adults."highly recommended" - Readers' Favorite, 5 Star The Yellow Hoods books 1 & 2 were finalists for Book of the Year in Teen/Young Adult and Fantasy - Independent Authors Network's 2015. See the trailer for The Yellow Hoods at AdamDreece.com/booktrailer

    I shall tell you a tale such as sister Scheherazade could have scarce imagined. A tale of wonders, of deeds both great and grievous, of courage that defies description, and above all, Child of Adam, I shall tell you a tale of love. The night is for the telling of tales to which the morning may bear Truth. In the oldest of days and ages and times, there was, and there was not, a great evil that reached across the desert and beyond…In the Nejd there is nothing at all…except secrets. A band of thieves wish such secrets to remain hidden. In England, far from his desert home, Ali bin-Massoud serves as apprentice to the famed Charles Babbage. One night a mysterious box is delivered by a clockwork falcon and Ali’s world is never the same again. Heartache, danger, and thieves mark his journey as Ali is summoned home at the death of his father.It will take faith, knowledge, and yes, love to realize his destiny, and more than a little skill with steam-driven technology. Can he unravel the mystery of the puzzle box and the clockwork djinn before it is too late? An ancient legacy and Ali's very life depend on his success. Hear you the tale of Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn.

    A swarm of beasts threatens to destroy the country’s desperately needed crops, and an unprecedented team of hunters is assembled to cleanse the infested farmlands. But the grand adventure quickly becomes a desperate fight for survival as the horde of beasts seems endless and distrust among the hunters eats away at the campaign from within. In desperation, Keltin and his new friends embark on a dangerous mission into the heart of the deadly swarm, prepared to make a final stand against the oncoming beasts to try and save all of Krendaria from starvation.

    Against his will, he meets Sam: a less than professional coal miner who inspires the worst in men. Together they take on one malicious train and a most insidious re-animator, and along the way Duncan remembers a few things that he’d previously forgotten.

    Forced into hiding from the Guild, a powerful government faction with the sole purpose of destroying all magic, Khaly discovers that the Guild has bigger plans than simply snuffing out all magic; they want complete control of non-magic users as well.Can Khaly find the Guild's mechanical army and destroy it before they wipe out magic once and for all?

    She always did exactly as society demanded, kept her eyes downcast, never spoke out of turn, and hid the myriad of questions swirling in her brain. In return for shutting off her intellect she landed an abusive fiancé and was cast aside by the ton.Disgraced, she seeks refuge at the Lyons' country estate. There she is given an artifact, a bracelet made from a unicorn's tail and told it contains enough magic to grant one wish. She knows what she wants, someone to love the true her, and not the shallow image that smiles back from the mirror.She never expected the unicorn to send her two men…Lachlan Hawke - dashing airship pirate and notorious rogue.Jackson Jackson - the scarred henchman and enforcer for the Lyons Empire.The two men have a bet, who will be first to win a kiss from the delicate rose? The loser to be tarred and feathered. Loki is sure of a quick victory and that Jackson will be impersonating a chicken by the end of the week. Jackson doesn't even know why he agreed to the stupid bet, the girl shudders whenever he enters a room.Both men are about to learn you should be careful making bets when a unicorn is involved….

    With an eye to not just winning the war, but to the future of the country, Alexander Rhoades convinces the Union government to let him run a team of remarkable spies as he pleases, mostly to plant brand-new electro-radio technology in Southern cities to aid the work of Northern agents. While on one of these missions, secret agent Wicklow Doyle’s safehouse is compromised and he’s on the run in enemy-controlled Charleston. The last thing he needs with him is the pampered rich man who runs his team, yet despite the danger, Alexander Rhoades refuses to leave his side. Wicklow doesn’t understand why, or why Rhoades’s very presence makes him tremble. A street rat-turned-soldier-turned-spy, there isn’t much that scares Wicklow. He’s used to men desiring him, but not wicked geniuses offering something he’s scared to name. Wicklow doesn’t understand love any more than he understands Rhoades’s noble causes. He’d rather focus on what needs to be done. The enemy is all around them and hiding a dangerous secret, the North still needs a victory, and Wicklow has to get Rhoades to safety. Of all the dangers in his path, that is the one that frightens him the most, and with every one of Rhoades’s soft kisses, he’s starting to realize why. But it might be too late. Wicklow may be a man of noble causes too, and he will do what it takes to fulfill his mission, save his team, the country, and Rhoades.

    Living on the outskirts of society, she is highly respected as one of the top two pilots on the Fringe Racing scene, and the main contender to take the championship title back from her arch nemesis, Jaxom Sinclair. For seven years she had pitted her wits against 'The Dragon', both of them employing as many dirty tricks against the other in a bid to win each race. But the season is almost over, and the healthy rivalry between Gypsy and Jaxom is about to come to a head.What secret is Gypsy hiding from everyone except her robotic companion Tinman? Why does this year feel so final, as if it will be the last she ever matches wits with Jaxom again? Why does a secret from Jaxom's past threaten to change both his and Gypsy's worlds forever? As danger stalks, Gypsy can't deny that her feelings for 'The Dragon' have grown into love. Nor can she avoid having to chose between revealing her secret or losing Jaxom forever.

    Award-nominated podcaster. Award-winning author. Voice talent. Friend. Father. Patrick was all these things and so much more to the people featured in this volume. His tragic loss to cancer was not only felt within his family and friends in North Carolina, but coast-to-coast from Virginia to California, and around the world from England to New Zealand. He was a voice we knew, a friend we loved, and this collection of stories — many of them inspired by, featuring, and written by P G Holyfield — stands as his legacy. He touched us all, and we will miss him. All proceeds from this anthology will go to the Patrick Holyfield's Childrens Trust, benefiting his daughters. Featuring stories from PG Holyfield, Jared Axelrod, K T Bryski, Jack Mangan, Nathan Lowell, Chris Lester, Tee Morris, Scott Roche, Allen Sale, Christiana Ellis, Kate Sherrod, and Philippa Ballantine

     In Highsand Desert, no one gets out and no one gets in, that is…until now. Captain Anna Tomahawk, the spirited and famed adventurer, is shot down and trapped in a country of steampunk animals. A dangerous human-animal rebellion is in the air. But if the edge is real, if the sea is out there, then the rebellion for water is meaningless. The proof of the wonderful life beyond the desert’s edge is the Captain herself, but with everyone’s deeply held suspicions, how can they ever trust an outsider who claims to have a way out? Now, from the middle of a desert where hope has dried up, the exuberant and self-proclaimed “greatest pilot there ever was” must find a way to fix her airship, save her new friends, and prove that even a little hope can overcome the longest of odds. A story with so much soul, it’s for the grieving and the joyful all at once. Be prepared for a story that is as action-packed as it is heartfelt. A truly one-of-a-kind magic for all ages. ~EARLY PRAISE~ “A story that is kryptonite to despair, told so whimsically well that one actually dares to believe it.” ~ Phil Long, Author and Founder of Sacrificial Poet Project “Captain Tomahawk does not disappoint. This was the most fun I’ve had reading in years. I found myself wanting the story to go on and on…” ~ Neil Downey, Senior Editor, CruPress & Author of The Late Awakening

    The last person she expects to see enter it is an earl. Not that she has time to entertain him. Someone is stealing children, and the street kids whisper tales of a “Metal Man”. Ivana must find the monster, rescue the children, and if the earl really wants to help, he can come with her. Only, no one warned her she’d have to venture to places better left unexplored. A good thing, then, that the new Earl of Somer is a noted explorer. When the two of them join forces, what could possibly go wrong? A short Steampunk novella

    First Light is an epistolary novel, told primarily through the eyes of former aide-de-camp Gregory Conan Watts, describing the journeys of the airship Dame Fortuna and its crew through journals and letters to his beloved fiancee. The first recruit is, necessarily, the airship's owner: war hero, famed genius, and literal knight in steam-powered armor Sir James Coltrane. Persuading him to lend his talents and refitted airship to the venture requires bringing along his sister, his cousin, and the crew that flew with him during the Napoleonic Wars. Only with their aid can they track down a Scottish rifleman, a pair of shady carnies, and a guide with a strong personal investment in the stories. When they set out, the wild places of the world, including the far American West, the Australian interior, darkest Africa, and other destinations are thought to be hostile enough. No one expects the trip to involve a legendary storm - or the Year Without a Summer of 1815-1816. The voyage is further complicated by the human element. Some parties are not at all happy with the post-war political map. Most problematic of all, the crew hired by the other side of the wager seem willing to win by any means necessary. Dawn of Steam: First Light follows these adventurers, as they open up the world. In the process, their journey helps lay the foundations for an age of enlightenment and technology to come.

    Skies of Fire is a limited-series comic book featuring massive, diesel-powered airships and their duels on the high skies.Mythopoeia's first and flagship title, Skies of Fire follows the story of Captain Helen Pierce as she chases the notorious raider Delmonte through the endless storm known as the Expanse.

    But that’s exactly what happens to Penny Fairfax. Penny soon discovers her near death experience awakened an ability to manipulate the dreams of others, permitting her to unlock hidden secrets from the past and create vivid illusions.Trapped in Elydria with her English professor, Penny must navigate a world of gas lamps and glittering façades on the verge of collapse in search of the way home. Haunted by a malicious specter wearing an iron funeral mask, she learns that her gift of life comes with a high cost. Now, Penny must escape its wicked intentions, solve the mystery that is unleashing havoc on Elydria, and return home without meeting death a second time

    The Extinction War might have wiped Las Vegas from the face of the planet were it not for a former pole-dancer from Louisiana, a single mother straight off a commune, and a mafia widow. And Fiona might have fulfilled her plan of living fast, dying young, and leaving a beautiful, redheaded corpse if she hadn’t discovered the joys of big guns, hot women, and high explosives. In the wake of the first wave of the invasion, when Las Vegas was supposed to shrivel in the desert, choked by the smoke of war, three bloody queens collected survivors and waged their own war for survival. Rather than submit to alien invaders, ruthless drug cartels, and bloodthirsty bikers, lady ravens rose from the ashes, just in time for a second apocalypse.

    Illustrated. Light humor, light romance, grim action, young adult, pure adventure. It's 1892, the fourth and bloodiest year of the Civil War. Two war orphans, A girl in the north and a boy in the south, meet over a vast battlefield and seek their future in the west, the girl's legacy, The Rose Mine, lost with the murder of her father. Together with the friends they meet along the way, they go on to become heroes of the American west, instrumental in the violent birth of the state of Colorado and the bringing to justice of her father’s murderer.

    She may be the daughter of an MP and the sister of famed inventor Lord David Hart, but she is a spinster whose own father threatens to send her to the madhouse every fortnight. Because Society is correct-Verity Hart is no lady. If they suspected how quick with a quip she is, let alone the majority of her brother's ingenious machines were her design, the sale of fainting couches would double.Verity requires one herself when her beloved brother is kidnapped by vampyres in the dead of night. With the aid of an aggravating, rude American bounty hunter with a secret of his own, Verity takes to land, sea, and even air to rescue the only person who could ever love and truly accept her. Or is he?

    The city is the British colony of an alternate Hong Kong. Some of the city’s most powerful men are dead from what appear to be heart attacks. Though no evidence points to foul play, members of the British Crown’s secretive Obsidian Order know something is amiss. Owen Strong is a former member of the secret sect and a Master Sorcerer who no longer has any interest in the Order—or its rules. He’s recruited by the Order to come out of retirement to investigate the mysterious deaths and save his island city. Jinhao is Owen’s mysterious Chinese companion. She is a woman of many talents, whose razor-sharp intellect and unusual skills are a match for her partner’s unique gifts. When Owen and Jinhao discover that there are radicals in Hong Kong who are planning to assassinate key delegates to disrupt upcoming trade negotiations, it’s not just Hong Kong that they must save: if they do not succeed, a world war will be imminent. In Strong Magic, Raven Bond has created an inventive and highly mystical world, where the undead are loyal servants, powerful Magians help keep peace (and sometimes cause trouble) in a Steam Era Hong Kong, and a dragon named Lohan watches over them all from his perch above the city. The mystery at the center of the novel gets more unpredictable as the pages turn and the characters must delve into both Hong Kong society and its seedy underworld to secure the fate of the city and the world.

    Dirigible pilot Rebecca Jones likes it even less. She has a messenger service to run, justice to pursue in a lawless land, and she can do without Special Agent to the Crown, Nathan Burton, hijacking her dirigible—and her heart—and disrupting her carefully laid plans. The result is adventure, romance and explosions. A Steampunk novella.

     Thrust together by fate and pursued half way around the world by ruthless killers, four unlikely allies will risk everything to keep these mysterious new machines of war from falling into the wrong hands: Gustav Steiner, the visionary industrialist determined to stay one step ahead of an assassin’s bullet; Alexandra Meade, the haunted young woman desperate to escape her gilded cage; Harbert Pencroft, the idealistic young American aviator on a mission to save the woman he loves; and Archie Whitfield, the lethal British agent, betrayed and left for dead, now driven by a relentless thirst for revenge. An homage to the novels of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, “The Peacemakers” is the first volume in “The Nemesis Engines” series, which weaves epic adventure, historical fiction, science-fiction and a dash of steampunk into a spell-binding, one-of-a-kind, deeply human roller-coaster ride that promises to keep readers on the edge of their seats.

    But after her oath shatters, she finds a new place as a Gryphon Clerk, helping negotiate a treaty with the beasthead people.A beasthead shaman stands against her, fearing the loss of his people’s way of life and the corruption of their youth. As the Human Purity movement gains power in a nearby realm, though, the beasthead and the clerk must find a way through their differences before war destroys everything they value.Place in the series: This is "Book 0" of the Gryphon Clerks series because, although it was published fourth, it was drafted first and comes first chronologically, partially overlapping in time with Realmgolds and Hope and the Clever Man. Like all the books in the series, though, it can be read as a standalone.

    As a female, being top inventor for the Alliance of Silver and Steam has as many draw backs as perks. She’s in charge of the creation of the many tools the Alliance uses in pursuit of the demons that run lose in the London Underground, which means without her, the demons would be harder to put down. It also means she misses all of the action and has never had the chance to really use any of her inventions. Lucius Cooley Willan is a Nightmare Demon with a penchant for gambling and sleeping with women he shouldn’t’t and it’s landed him in hot water. Now he spends his nights slinking in humans dreams and unleashing terrors so strong it kills them so he can capture their soul for his boss. But when he’s ordered to attack the group that hunts his kind he’s enthralled by the feisty inventor he comes upon. Eliza’s victim to Lucius in a way no others have been, a sensual dream that she can’t shake when she wakes up. When he bumps into her at the trains she’s an addiction he can’t shake. When he outright disobeys the demon who controls him for some out of dreams interactions with the Eliza, it will be up to him to save her from the nightmare he’s put her in.

    Before the chirurgeons and engineers splice his brain inside the crown, Prince Hollownot escapes into the kingdom's flogistan soul, where he sees all possible futures. In one, Princess Sapsorrow can break the law with contradiction and shatter the kingdom. But saving the world from the machine comes at a high price: Her love, her family, and her physical body will all be destroyed. The neighboring kingdom of Bavaria has seen nothing come past the great clockwork wall of Saxonia for centuries until a Straggletaggle appears with an odd physiognomy - maybe human, maybe not - and an incredible tale of escape from Saxonia. She claims ignorance of the nearby fatal airship crash and the exquisite prosthetic foot in the wreckage. When a phonograph wrapped in the shell of a man arrives demanding Princess Sapsorrow's return, Bavaria's disgraced prince and scientist princess, with their intrepid bodyguard, embark on a perilous mission with the Straggletaggle as their guide, to stop a war that, should it start, can only end with Saxonia turning the people of Bavaria into components of its horrific machine.

    What starts as a simple search ultimately reveals a conspiracy stretching across the entire city. And as Maeko and Chaff discover feelings for each other neither was prepared to admit, she’s forced to choose whether she’ll stay with him or finally escape the life of a street rat. But with danger closing in around them, the only way any of them will get out of this alive is if all of them work together.

    But that won't stop them from burning her at the stake. Connor McKay knows there's no way she can be guilty of murdering village children. But telling anyone what he thinks would mean revealing his own powers—something he can't risk without revealing a plot that's bigger than the two of them.Ashes & AlchemyPolice inspector Sebastian Brown served Queen and country in India before returning to England to investigate supernatural crimes alongside the Order of the Round Table. But when Minerva Shaw lands on Sebastian's doorstep, desperately seeking a doctor for her young daughter, it's he who will need protecting—from emotions he'd thought buried long ago.Dragons & DirigiblesWhen airship engineer Melody McKay's dirigible explodes and plunges her into the yard of a gothic manor, she suspects foul play. She resolves to crack the mystery while in the care of Victor Arrington, the stuffy-yet-disarming Earl of Blackwell. As they navigate a treachery so deep it threatens the lives of everyone in Black Heath, the earl becomes unexpectedly attached to his fiery houseguest, and Melody discovers a softness in her heart for him. But when the enemy strikes, there's more at risk than just their future together.

    The poor living in the gutter are as valuable as the rich living in a manor. The scoundrel is no less valuable than the saint. Because of this, every life a reaper takes must be redeemed. Raven has lived by this first tenet since she was trained by her father to become a reaper. But since his death, she’s been spending years redeeming the lives she’s taken. By her count, she’s even and it’s time for that life to end. If she settles down and becomes a wife, she might just feel human again. But on the way to the life she thinks she wants, the baron of New Haven asks her to complete a task which she cannot ignore… Just when Raven decides to give up on her life as an assassin, she’s pulled right back in.

    The Victorian Steampunk Tarot contains an insightful book and a full deck of 78 tarot cards, which can be used to explore the past, unravel the mysteries of the present, and predict the future. This innovative deck, which features illustrations by Bev Speight, is presented in a steampunk-style embossed box with lock mechanism. The Victorian Steampunk Tarot perfectly encapsulates the Steampunk spirit and will be loved by both tarot aficionados and beginners. In the accompanying book, best-selling tarot author Liz Dean clearly explains the meanings for all the cards and describes easy to follow layouts, which will allow readers to connect with the images, sparking their imagination and intuition.

    Felicia Gannon is no stranger to the demons that lurk in the night. After her parents were murdered in front of her the Alliance took her in and trained her. Vengeance became her only drive. Greyston Westham is more than just the devilishly handsome Captain of the Guard. He's an Incubus Demon who hunts his own kind because they have no use for lesser demons like himself. When a murderer is running lose that only the Alliance can deal with Felicia and Greyston are thrown together in a deadly game. Can she overcome her hatred of demons and give into the relationship that will save her life? Or will Felicia's hatred be her doom.

     Steampunk For Simpletons starts with those questions and expands outward to cover a plethora of topics. We give a primer followed by a guided tour through the world of steampunk, from the basics such as where to go and what to do, to the aesthetic of the arts within steampunk. Travis I. Sivart and Wendy L. Callahan are both published steampunk authors, as well as having a weekly radio show on the subject. Though they do not claim to be the ultimate or complete authority in this beloved genre, they wrote this book hoping to help new folks find their way into the hobby, or help others expand their knowledge of the aesthetic. They also drew upon the knowledge, expertise, and wisdom of many others (like their cats) from the steampunk community, making their book an inclusive and cooperative work.

    At the Lamb residence, it is also served on fine bone china.The untimely demise of Thaddeus Lamb leaves his son Riley in charge of the vast Lamb empire, which imports tea, picks pockets, extorts, and keeps men warm on cold winter's nights. And so the Lambs grieve for their father in the best way they know how… Retribution.Hired by the new head of the Fox Family, a position recently vacated by another untimely demise, the assassin O'Murtagh is tasked with the utter destruction of all the Lamb Family's business associates. They learn the hard way that there is no better hit man than a beautiful woman with tricks and weapons up her finely coiffed sleeves.Treachery and deceit abound in the streets of London, and no one is safe. Honestly, it's enough to make anyone drink. Would you care for one lump or two?

    And at the center of the horizon event stands the inexplicable key to its salvation or fall: a dead man. Sjora, captain of the airship Lamprey, must sneak into one of the largest of the technology-focused Steel Cities, locate and liberate this so-called "dead man", even though it is unclear what part he has to play in their world's future. An already complicated mission becomes even moreso when she learns that this dead man is not only not as completely dead as she had suspected, but that he may just have an agenda of his own. Return to the magical and steam-powered world of Aerthos in the latest series by Steampunk/Science Fiction and Fantasy author Ren Cummins, the Tales of the Dead Man, with book one: Steel & Sky!

    So when he decides to run away to join the circus, it's only natural that he should seek out the legendary pistoleer, Cole Beauchamp, and beg to be his assistant. Life in the circus has definite ups and downs, but as Benjamin settles in to his role, he finds that some perks are even better than he'd anticipated.

    First, she’s booed off the stage at the Magnus (despite a perfectly suitable turn as Lady Marmalade) and chased up Mulberry Street only to have her poor throat slashed by an ex-lover’s razor. From there she’s off to Hell, wallowing amid mud and sinners. How can a hard-luck actress’ evening get any worse? Well, she could get dragged back in some guy's corpse and given one week to solve a depraved murder in a haunted city full of depraved murderers. That might be worse. Still, the company is tolerable—cannibal witch packs, British spies and fanatical Confessors, not to mention the mathematical soothsayer that may or may not be Mab’s estranged sister. And the job is plenty interesting, what with the Better Tomorrow Society trying to destroy the world and all. Anywhere else—anyone else—and we might just stay in Hell. But this is Mab and Manhattan, beneath the Black Moon. So let’s hit the houselights, cue the curtains and mind the storm drains. And, please, whatever you do ... don’t look up.

    Steampunk Horror. A Demon loose in Victorian London.Fiddlesticks and mustard! Professor Thistlequick's day is becoming stranger by the hour. Strange, and utterly frustrating. For despite stumbling upon a new dimension, one that opens to who knows where - his experiment's about to fail.Unless of course, he can acquire magical ingredients that are both rare and exotic (and highly illegal).The hunt is on! Fastening on his top hat and coat, Professor Thistlequick races across London as he searches for a most unusual shop – one that doesn't tend to be in the same place very often.Soon, the Professor finds himself entangled in a web of dark magic, great inventions, and demonic plots.The Curious Incident at Gloamingspark Yard is where dark fantasy horror meets Steampunk adventure in a short scary story sure to enchant and terrify readers of all ages.

    Putting the steamy back into steampunk.105,000 words of steampunk romance, edited by the award-winning Liz Grzyb.Stories by:Marilag Angway, "Smuggler's Deal"Cherith Baldry, "The Venetian Cat"Gio Clairval, "The Writing Cembalo"M L D Curelas, "Ironclad"Ray Dean, "Practically Perfect"Stephanie Gunn, "Escapement"Richard Harland, "The Kiss of Reba Maul"Rebecca Harwell, "Love in the Time of Clockwork Horses"Faith Mudge, "Descension"Nicole Murphy, "The Wild Colonial Clockwork Boy"Katrina Nicholson, "Lady Presto Magnifico and the Disappearing Glass Ceiling"Anthony Panegyres, "The Tic-Toc Boy of Constantinople"Amanda Pillar, "A Clockwork Heart"Angela Rega, "The Law of Love"Carol Ryles, "Siri and the Chaos-Maker"DC White, "South, to Glory"

    After Mithras. On the road to an alternate Hong Kong, a trade caravan arrives at the last roadside inn after nightfall. A renegade Imperial Adept, known only by the name Jinhao, is hiding in plain sight as the chief guard of the caravan. She intervenes in an altercation between the servants of the inn and a traveling British Sorcerer. Owen Strong is a former member of a secret sect and a Master Sorcerer who no longer has any interest in the British Crown’s secretive Obsidian Order. Neither of them knows the forces that stalk each of them are drawing near. Both of them are in terrible danger. When circumstances conspire to bring their enemies to the inn that night, each must learn to trust the other, or lose all. In Strong Adept, Raven Bond has created an inventive and highly mystical world, where East and West, the ancient ways and the Age of Steam intertwine. Murder and magic are at the heart of the first meeting of Owen Strong, Master Sorcerer, and the mysterious Imperial Adept, Jinhao. This short story tells more about the world of Magica that we first visited in the novel Strong Magic.

    A Peacemaker isn’t supposed to take a life—but sometimes, it’s kill or be killed…After a war injury left him half-scoured of his power, Caleb and his jackalope familiar have been shipped out West, keeping them out of sight and out of the way of more useful agents. And while life in the wild isn’t exactly Caleb’s cup of tea, he can’t deny that being amongst folk who aren’t as powerful as he is, even in his poor shape, is a bit of a relief.But Hope isn’t like the other small towns he’s visited. The children are being mysteriously robbed of their magical capabilities. There’s something strange and dark about the local land baron who runs the school. Cheyenne tribes are raiding the outlying homesteads with increasing frequency and strange earthquakes keep shaking the very ground Hope stands on.Something’s gone very wrong in the Wild West, and it’s up to Caleb to figure out what’s awry before he ends up at the end of the noose—or something far worse…

    Three gruesome deaths in three mysterious tales in a past that never was.In Murder out of the Blue, aboard the Sky Liner RMS Macedonia, Maliha Anderson, Anglo-Indian daughter of a Scottish engineer and a Brahmin scholar, hopes to make peace with her past - but then the nurse of the wheelchair-bound General is murdered.Only Maliha believes he is innocent, and with landfall in India only hours away, she must find the real murderer, even though doing so puts her own life at risk.In Blood Sky at Night, Maliha is forced to investigate a murder of an old acquaintance but finds herself enmeshed in a clash of empires. But where do her loyalties truly lie?And, in Halo Round the Moon, Maliha comes face-to-face with the suppressed passions of post-Victorian society and goes far beyond the bounds of what's proper and decent. Will she lose herself in the journey or find her true place?

    But who? And why? And is there going to be Battenberg?

    PAX’S GREAT UNSINKABLE BIRD by J.R. Potter: When a brilliant scientist falls prey to sky pirates who are after his flying machine, he must rely on his greatest achievement: a teenage girl whom he rescued from certain death.SEVEN-YEAR ITCH by Rie Sheridan Rose: Toby Kincaid knew his clothes would grow filthy when he made a deal with the Devil, but he didn’t count on the wear to his spirit. He may win the wager but still lose his soul.THE JOURNEY OF INSPECTOR ROUX by C. R. Simper: A legendary investigator goes down in flames and believes his life is over, until an eager young recruit drags him around the world in pursuit of a kidnapper.PRIORITY PASSAGE by S. D. Simper: Marina will not allow the death of her father stand in the way of their dreams, but when her airship is boarded by sky pirates, she must decide what she values most: Nikita’s inventions or his daughter.GANESH by Scott E. Tarbet: A farm boy abducted by a traveling-show huckster finds his calling as an airship pilot, never suspecting the transformative adventure awaiting him halfway around the world. An A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk expansion.

    In that time, he has worn out many names--and even more compatriots. Now, so that one of those companions may die where she once lived, he has come again to the City of London. In 1938, where the ghosts of centuries of war haunt rain-grey streets and the Prussian Chancellor's army of occupation rules with an iron hand. Here he will meet his own ghosts, the remembrances of loves mortal--and immortal. And here he will face the Chancellor's secret weapon: a human child. The White City For centuries, the White City has graced the banks of the Moskva River. But in the early years of a twentieth century not quite analogous to our own, a creature even more ancient than Moscow’s fortress heart has entered its medieval walls. In the wake of political success and personal loss, the immortal detective Don Sebastien de Ulloa has come to Moscow to choose his path amid the embers of war between England and her American colonies. Accompanied by his court—the forensic sorcerer Lady Abigail Irene and the authoress Phoebe Smith—he seeks nothing but healing and rest. But Moscow is both jeweled and corrupt, and when you are old there is no place free of ghosts, and Sebastien is far from the most ancient thing in Russia.... Ad Eternum For centuries, the wampyr has drifted from one place to another. From one life to another. It's 1962, and he's returned to New Amsterdam for the first time since he fled it on pain of death some sixty years before. On the eve of social revolution, on the cusp of a new way of life, he's nevertheless surrounded by inescapable reminders of who he used to be. For a thousand years, he's chosen to change rather than to die. Now, at last, he faces a different future....

    But with the forces of both the Anarchist and the Watchmaker lurking over him, how long can the fun last?

    And love is for life.Archer’s LadyRescuing the vampire-besieged town of Crystal Springs is the worst job yet in Archer’s quest to earn back the trust of his fellow bloodhounds.Grace, a professional liar, built a respectable life as a border schoolteacher. But when Archer catches her trying to flee, she knows it’s only a matter of time before he sees through her con.Every knot of mystery they uncover binds them closer together—until investigation uncovers a secret that could make betraying the Bloodhound Guild their only path to redemption.Diana’s HoundNate was a world-class inventor before a laboratory disaster turned him into a half-vampire, half-bloodhound abomination.Diana is another creature that shouldn’t exist—a female bloodhound. While Nate seems torn between a desire to study her and a need to protect her, Diana’s desire for him is a lot more carnal.As they team up to infiltrate the vampires’ capital city, their inner bloodhounds feel the mating pull. Which means they could both end up worse than dead…for a bloodhound never survives his mate for long.Warning: Contains a partly reformed con-artist, a mostly retired bank-robber, a badass vampire hunter and a broody half-vampire looking for a reason to live again. Also included: an alarming amount of dirty talk and borderline-criminal bedroom antics.

    Hawthorne who sets out on a journey in the summer of 1835 to the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa after reading of an incredible discovery in the Edinburgh Journal of Science, submitted by close family friend John Herschel.Traveling with the Royal Air Brigade on the Stratos, England's newest and most advanced airship, pride of the British fleet, Edgar and the crew are caught unaware and attacked in the early hours of dawn by a flotilla of marauding airships. Outnumbered the Stratos is forced down into the deep jungles of Africa.With the Stratos disabled and in need of repair Edgar, along with the first officer and a portion of the crew, set out to locate provisions. What Edgar discovers in the jungle, however, convinces him there are other forces involved in the downing of the Stratos. In the attempt to discover the truth behind the attack, Edgar unearths an unbelievable and far-reaching secret.Finding himself caught up in a conflict that has raged for centuries, Edgar is thrust into a world of which only a handful are aware. With the aid of a mysterious girl and an unlikely ally, Edgar must do the impossible: prevent humanity's extinction.

    Anderson, this is the world of CLOCKWORK ANGELS brought to life! Owen Hardy never thought he would make it to Crown City, home of the Clockwork Angels. But now that he's here, his life is turning for the worse. That's when The Anarchist steps in!

    Today your detective skills are about to be challenged. You've been summoned to the Museo D'Arte, where the beautiful and valuable Princess Diamond has been stolen!And so your Epic Journey begins ...

    Lily Crill hides her Natural sister from cruel laws designed to protect property over people while she figures out their escape to rumored safe havens on the Continent. Falling in love, especially with a dedicated police officer, is not in her plans.Henry Stapleton commits his life to helping commoners, remaining an officer of the law even after inheriting a title. His life seems incomplete, though, until he discovers a caring bakery girl. Then he catches a glimpse of terror in her eyes, and he's determined to use his skills to ferret out the cause even though Lily spurns his help.Unjust laws and sworn duties threaten to deny what both their hearts and principles would bring together. Can Henry see beyond the rules, and can Lily take the chance with her sister's life in the balance?

     Captain Colette St. Claire and the Alchemist Madge Alexander have their fates intertwined as they are cast into the world of the Supernatural in hopes of finding out who is behind the destruction of their seemingly normal lives. Together they encounter a manner of seemingly unfathomable characters in the seedy underbelly of Whitechapel London and come face to face with the most unsavory of them all: Jack the Ripper. Can the two unravel the mystery behind the city and it's rejected inhabitants and hopefully come one step closer to discovering who the O.I.S.S is? Or will they succumb to the evil that breeds on the streets of Whitechapel?

    From Mars some said, or beyond. Cities fell before them, one after the other. A Great Alliance was formed between countries who had played at war against each other in the time before. Queen Victoria brought together a convocation of scientists, among them the Savant, Tesla. The knowledge of city shields and ways to fight against the foe went out to everyone who would listen, in all corners of the world. Mad science and mystery worked hand in hand with human courage. Thirty years later, in the 1890’s, the world has changed beyond recognition. The Invaders have been driven off, some say all killed, but is that story just a way to sleep at night? Those who are left covet the power they had before the Reconstruction. Others embrace this new world and the freedom it brings after the War. The Airship Wind Dancer is led by Captain William Hunting Owl, a tribesman from the Americas. Together with his first officer, a former British Air captain, and a Hindu Sorceress Assassin, he fights to keep his ship flying. The crew of the privateer comes from every Free Port still standing. They seek to make a living in a world that has few rules except for the Articles that guide life on the ship. Their shipmates are their family; all have lost something they held dear, and few speak of it. William Hunting Owl and Lawrence Rogers seek to discover who killed Will’s father. They are willing to do whatever it takes to find their answers.

    The continuing story of Samuel Hunter, Caitlin O'Sullivan and Granville Woods as they battle supernatural forces in late 1800's Boston.This special edition includes all of chapter 4 along with over 30+ pages of extras, i.e., commentary, variant cover art, the complete script and an excerpt from the novelette "The Secret."

    Quickly she finds herself thrust into a struggle for survival. After killing a man in self defense and hiding from the law, she must earn her way into the ranks of a notorious gang of women known as Scarlets.THE GIN THIEF is a steampunk, gangland serial following Yevylin as she rises up the ranks of the criminal underworld, a world rife with murder, revenge, grave robbers, serial killers, and gin thieves.

    After a series of disturbing vivid dreams about the world she writes about which feel more like memories than a story, she is attacked by two men. To her surprise, the real physical embodiment of the hero in her novel, Prince Amias comes to her rescue.The handsome dominant Prince informs her that the universe in her book is written from her memories and not her imagination. Emmeline is the lost Empress of the Omega Quadrant who was to be married to the Prince the day she disappeared. Brought to Earth through a portal to be sheltered as the Quadrant was ravished by a plague that killed most of its women, she suffered a car accident and lost her memory.But she is wilful and resistant to the Prince’s determination to return her to rule and help a universe where women are hunted and captured in raids by men in the six planets of the Quadrant for love, companionship and breeding and where war has broken out. To convince her of her duty and his loving role as her master, the Prince administers a series of firm bare bottom spankings and whippings. Emmeline becomes more concerned about the desire and pleasurable aching need she develops when the Prince enforces his strict punishing discipline. She rediscovers her love for the man who has searched for her for all of these years and never given up hope of their reunion.The Prince informs Emmeline that although she may rule the Quadrant it his loving and dutiful role to both master and rule her and provide balance. The Quadrant must see he is the authority she kneels before or he will be deemed not fit to be her mate. Will the ultimate humiliation of being harnessed with reins and publicly made to kneel before her Prince be a step too far or convince Emmeline to accept her role and destiny with the Prince by her side in a world she had left behind?

    One of the countless poor living in the shadows of Mercer Shackleton’s vast factories, he has dragged himself out of poverty using his mechanical skills. An encounter with Gloria Shackleton, the Mercer’s daughter, offers Niggle the possibility of love, but it also offers something else, deep in the heart of the Mercer’s domain. What hope can the future hold for a boy raised amidst the mud and brass? A steampunk story of romance, vengeance and twisted technology.

    But there are enemies deadlier than imagination can conjure and even closer to home. This captivating historical romantic fantasy thriller brings together two outsiders, feisty canal lass Thirza and Bram, the enigmatic marshman, in a quest to discover nature's fragile elemental mysteries and the power of love, to halt the unleashing of torment and terror from an ancient windmill that threatens to derail Doncaster's history and Thirza's dreams forever. Beware the Goatsucker Harvest! But when the sickle falls, will the reaping bring rejoicing or regret?

    Just being built, and with a demon already amok in the archives, Raisa finds herself with odd allies indeed.Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned in the novels, characters seen and unseen, and may include novel teasers of things to come.

    Armed with her wit and charm, Clara can usually talk her way out of any troubles. But first, she has to get back to solid ground…--Clara stole a quiet breath of relief when the loud man’s boots retreated toward the stairwell. She could hear the other two moving about the cargo hold, and hoped that her own thudding heartbeat would not betray her position. She quickly thought through her options: Could she bribe them? Should she fight? Could she run? She made herself as small as possible and waited, every instinct on high alert. The lighter pair of footsteps was getting closer. A shuffle. A step. He must be less than four feet from her, only the crate she huddled against blocking her from his view. When his voice called out, the blood froze in Clara’s veins. “Hey, look over here!”--To listen to the first chapter of The Stowaway Debutante, visit https://soundcloud.com/rebeccadiem/st...

    Some were outfitted with the latest technology. Others were changed by the mysteries of science and magic, while a few came from the skies. Capes and Clockwork fuses the fantasy and beauty of steampunk with the action and adventure of the superhero genre. Tease your imagination with sixteen stories of good versus evil, monster versus hero, and steam versus muscle!

    Armed with a loyal crew, an enamored inventor, and an intellect as deadly as her aim, she must fight against an ancient power and those who would command it. What is the purpose of this mysterious ring and what dangerous magic will she face? Join the crew of the Antigone’s Wrath as they sail the waters and navigate the skies to find the information they desperately need before it’s too late.

    But his skills are useless in the face of his greatest challenge, the guardianship of five children. When Merrick hires governess Miss Caroline Bristol it never occurs to him that she might be something more than human. And when the lines between humans and monsters are blurred, Caroline and Merrick must join forces to save humanity.Kilts & KrakenMagnus, Baron Findlay, longs to bring the wonders of the steam age to his remote island home, but his hands are full fighting the vicious kraken ravaging the coast. When he's swept to sea during battle and washes up on an isle in the Hebrides, Dr. Geneva McKay is sent by The Order to care for him. Magnus can't resist his overwhelming attraction to her, but as their relationship deepens, a new threat arises�from within his own village.Moonlight & MechanicalsEngineer Wink Hadrian has been in love with lifelong bachelor Inspector Liam McCullough for years. Though Liam tries to keep his distance, he can't say no when Wink asks him to help find her friend's missing son. They soon discover that London's poorest are disappearing after encounters with mysterious mechanical men. Even more alarming is a connection to a conspiracy against the Queen. Fighting against time and their escalating feelings, Wink and Liam must work together to save the monarchy before it's too late.Contains an exclusive three-chapter excerpt from Dragons & Dirigibles, releasing May 2014 from Carina Press.

    Eleven people are on a strange steam-powered anti-gravity spaceship to the Moon. Included in the crew are such unlikely passengers and crew as: Billy The Kid, Nikola Tesla, Jack The Ripper, a Sioux warrior out for the blood of George Armstrong Custer (who did not die at the Little Bighorn), a Cossack warrior-princess, a battery of robots, a half-man and half-cyborg engineer, a Punjabi mathematician and linguist, a big-game hunter from Africa, and the great-grandson of Blackbeard the Pirate, not to mention the genius who designed the ship. There are aliens on the Moon with evil intentions, the robots are wound a little too tightly, and no one knows that the Ripper is along for the ride except the Londoner himself. What could possibly go wrong? Accolades for 1889: Journey to the Moon: Kring & Wier vault to the head of the burgeoning steampunk genre with this hyper-extrapolated, richly detailed saga. Every nut and bolt is tightened in place, and the cast of characters is a rogue's gallery of 19th Century mad scentists, outlaws and adventurers. I haven't had this much fun going to the Moon since H. G. Wells sent Bedford and Cavor into the sky. K. W. Jeter, author of Infernal Devices and Fiendish Schemes Reads in the best way like a lost Jules Verne and H.G. Wells collaboration. Sense of wonder and the magic of great storytelling drive this fast-paced, steam-driven tale to a stunning conclusion with some adventurous stops along the way. Joe R. Lansdale 1889: Journey to the Moon is a rip-roaring steampunk thrill-ride with a wonderful cast of characters. Bring on the sequel! Bill Crider, author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mysteries.Kring and George Wier elevate the Steampunk genre to its pinnacle in 1889: Journey to the Moon. More than Verne, more than Wells, these two have created a thrill-a-minute adventure with a menagerie of unlikely characters, such as Billy the Kid, Nikola Tesla, George Custer and so many others. And what's truly amazing, the science is plausible! This book will astound and entertain. Add in the special bonus of authentic language, dress and mannerisms, and you have the makings for a classic SF/steampunk novel that will go down in history—or rewrite it!T.R. Harris, author of The Fringe Worlds

    After Henry and Emily become recipients of the Merganthol Circulatory Assistance Device, we follow their journey from 1875 to the present day and Henry’s unflinching quest to convince Emily (the love of his life) to become his bride. Will Henry be successful in his pursuit of love or will Emily ultimately “break” his indestructible heart? A tale of romance more than science fiction, Wind-Up Hearts will tug at the strings of your heart whether it be mechanical or flesh and blood.

    Love defends. But above all else, love overcomes all obstacles. Love is the greatest force of nature. Nothing is ordinary, simple, or easy when you're a cat adopted by Henry. Invading constructs. Killer machines. Betrayal. Noelle wouldn't trade even a moment of it. (A Steampunk short story.)

    He’s smart, shy around the ladies, and always looking for adventure. But there’s something a little different about Peter that sets him apart from his peers. And when he puts on a special pair of specs, his experiences are anything but common.Using his Dream Trekker X-5000 goggles, Peter can be anyone he wants to be, go anywhere he pleases, and interact with anyone (or anything) he desires. He is limited only by his own imagination—and by one other fact. All of the magnificent things Peter experiences occur only in the world of dreams. And in these lucid, realistic dreams, he is an active participant, not a mere observer.Peter Wilson’s Dream Theater: The Dream Master follows Peter’s epic tenth-century quest to rescue a kidnapped maiden. Pitted against fearless Vikings, dragons, demons, and the undead—all in one night! Rich with history, lore, and all things alarming, this novel is sure to set readers’ minds spinning and leave them wondering where Peter’s dreams will take him next…and how they’ll impact his waking hours.

    Everyone owes their freedom to the device's creator - SHINSEI - the most powerful man and inventor of their world. Arthur Elmstone's lifelong dream comes true when he is recruited into the prestigious Inventor Fellowship program, hosted by SHINSEI, along with 500 other young inventors. But as their world around them begins to crumble, Arthur is suddenly burdened with the responsibility of their future; along with betrayal, new discoveries, and love.

    However, as he achieves the impossible he and his assistant, Annette Margrave, must question exactly what it is that makes one human. Can human nature be defined by the physical, or does humanity come at a greater cost?

    They are a little surprised to encounter Edward S. O’Reilly selling his books, and to hear how writers can sometimes come up with odd interpretation of people's lives and adventures. A chance encounter with a horse thief at a hot spring in the Northern California mountains changes their lives forever. Desperation takes them to the village of the People of the Crack, where Sue discovers the people's startling forgotten lore and helps them reclaim their ancient gear and steam technology. A shaman claims only he knows the true identity of the Father of the People and can decide the fate of these strangers. Sue tries to mine the secrets that might set the People of the Crack free from an ancient evil while protecting the innocent child who seems to hold a key to making the People of the Crack remember who they are. But will they claim their true father or once more fall into the shaman's secret power?

    But when a scary storm knocks him overboard, he makes an unlikely friend with a Clockwork girl also lost in the clouds, and it's going to take all the bravery they both have to find their way home.-------Initially created as a children's book within The Wind Merchant titled The Littlest Elder, this book is treated as a piece of in-world fiction for Atmo, albeit a 2nd edition with the title and story altered.

    In the West, the Great Powers send their agents into the ailing Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires but stop short of overt acts of aggression. In the East, however, conflicts between rival factions regularly erupt into open warfare. In India, the British Raj faces the machinations of rebellious maharajahs, Russian agents and a resurgent Thuggee cult. In China, the Celestial Court weaves a complex web of plots and alliances to counter both the external threat of the Great Powers and the internal menaces of mutinous warlords and an ancient power that has arisen and seeks to return to the Jade Throne. Across the pirate-infested South China Sea, Japan has established itself as a new Great Power and is starting to forge its own empire despite unrest from rebels and insurgents at home. Throughout the entire region treasure-seekers, mercenaries and adventurers of all stripes take advantage of the chaos to seek glory and riches.

    Now, Owen Hardy is flying a magnificent airship across the skies of Albion! In the course of this adventure he learns a secret about his own family, one that will take him to the hallowed Seven Cities!

    Isolated by her father, a dark sorcerer bent on vengeance, she has only his servants, an air spirit and a misshapen cast-off, to share her company. When Dante conjures a terrible storm to wash ashore his mortal enemies, Mira must chose between her loyalties to her father and what she knows is right.Sail the skies and soar the seas surrounding this Isle of Sound and Wonder as Alyson Grauer masterfully retells William Shakespeare’s classic, The Tempest, bedecked in the trappings of Steampunk.

    Within its pages you will find:An original setting that fuses the themes of Western steampunk and Asian wuxia.The "Storytelling System" of creating character aspects that immerses them into the setting.A comprehensive Asset system that lets you make any kind of device, martial arts technique, or companion you can imagine.New dueling mechanics that use the contest system for fast and furious combat that won't have the rest of your group sitting idly by.Streamlined rules for gamemasters that give them the power to create scenes on the fly with the use of the "Scene Fractal".A new way of creating minor NPCs that takes no prep time. "Faces" give you everything you need to make an unimportant NPC feel alive and memorable.What are you waiting for? The people call for warriors to champion them against the oppressive forces of the Council of Nine. Take up your Jadetech weapon, prime the engines on your airship, and lead the fight for justice!

    Is Elijah innocent or a deadly thief?When the theft of an Aztec statue threatens to destabilize the provinces on the Texas border, Federal Marshals Adam and Madison are called in to go undercover and investigate. The last thing Adam expects is to be attracted to a young man from one of the ranches they are investigating. With time running out, Adam must face his growing love for Elijah while keeping his true identity a secret and locating the Breath of the Feathered Serpent. But he and Madison are facing a thief as deadly as he is elusive and a statue with powers of its own.

    However, there are plenty of opportunities for a brave captain willing to risk his airship and crew transporting military supplies in Crimea. War is building across Europe, and tens of thousands of soldiers are dropping dead from starvation and disease across the Crimean peninsula. With the Horizon's strength and the resoluteness of her captain and crew, the airship can keep soldiers alive and assist with the war efforts. With time running out to pay his blood debt on the Horizon, Captain Roberts is compelled to risk all in Crimea, pushing his men and airship through raging battlefields, ferocious cold, and attacking Russian airships. But perhaps most dangerous is the cunning, beautiful reporter who pursues the Horizon across nations, keeping the airship splayed across London's newspapers while highlighting the monstrosities of the Crimean War for all Europe to read.

    Mitchell – The BridgeRichard Ellis Preston, Jr. – An Officer and a GentlemanDenise Grover Swank – Once In A LifetimeNOVELS Cynthia L. Moyer – Stolen SpringMelissa F. Olson – The Big Keep

    

    Readers put concepts to work when they design their own home based around a unique shape.

    What she doesn’t expect is for their plan to lead them astray…on the wrong side of the law.Julian Kingsley is ready to give up working for the crown, only he’s given one last mission. He agrees, but gets more than he bargains for. When a dalliance with a mysterious woman suddenly reveals her connections to his case, he’s honor bound to turn her in, but his heart can’t seem to give her up.

    And he did something few other writers have done...made steampunk goggles actually functional tools rather than mere fashion statements. Ralph E. Vaughan _________________________ After reading this, I felt I definitely got a tempting taste of what Cobos has to offer as an author, and I can't wait to see where this series heads next. Whatever the destination, I'm definitely on board for the journey. Highly recommended. Sam G. _________________________ People that have enjoyed the work of Jules Verne or H.G.Wells will take to Jonas' writing style. His clear, bold writing is well paced and consistent throughout, a well structured read. Although it is short, it sets up what could be a great series, filled with more of the same twists and characters. Tom _________________________ Condal City. 1871. The private detective John Melville Salas receives news of the murder of his friend and mentor Domingo Badía, better known as “Alí Bey”. All the clues seem to point towards a mysterious secret society called “The Custodians of God”. The investigation will lead the detective to the Hungarian capital city, Varós Buda, where he will discover a terrible secret related to the Lost Ones in Time and the incident that chained them to such a disastrous destiny. An old manuscript hides the keys that can lead to the ruins of an ancient civilization. Deep in its belly lies a powerful weapon and the key that could lead to the rescue of his daughter Sara and the rest of those frozen in the time.

    Denied a simple death by drowning, he remains trapped and helpless within the steel confines of his diving suit and is left alive as long as his helmet retains oxygen. The longer he survives, however, the deeper into the fathomless Reykjanes Rift he sinks and the deeper he sinks, the more of the unplumbed depths of the ocean he bears witness to.What mysteries, heretofore unseen by the eyes of man, await him at the bottom of the sea?The Air That Remains is a Gothic horror story, written in the tradition of H.P Lovecraft and Jules Verne. While a standalone work, it's counted as Volume Seven in the Year of the Horse Anthology, a collection of monthly short stories by Timothy J. Meyer, released in 2014.

    Mankind lived in the City of Heaven for two thousand years before The Adversary destroyed paradise and returned humanity to a harsh and brutal world. The survivors rebuilt civilization, but their history was reduced to myths and legends. Hundreds of years later, three youths—Seth, Sidrich and Caitleth—are caught between the struggles of a great empire and the scattered rural clans struggling to maintain their way of life. All the while, secret forces are edging closer to awakening the old gods and reopen the gates of paradise...