Mechanicals

Mechanicals: A Steampunk Novel of the Crimean War
A monster-hunting priest and his 16 year old protégé race across Europe in advance of a cavalry of steam-powered robots, while a young American reporter chronicles the first airship crossing of the Pacific – in reality a gun-running operation to arm the Russians.

"Stratford is the Archduke of Canadian Steampunk."
– Cherie Priest

THIS IS NOT A MODERN NOVEL: Written in the style of 19th Century serials, these are 3 parallel stories inhabiting, and culminating in, one common historical event tying the whole story up with a bow at the conclusion – presented just as readers of 1890 would have enjoyed their weekly newspaper fiction.

"The author does a brilliant job of seamlessly going from one tale to the next and blending them into one and the same in the finale… historical, realistic and fictional elements were combined beautifully and the story reads swiftly… a wonderful story with something for everyone." – Steampunk Canada ★★★★★
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