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Steampunk NewCon Press Novella Set 8 Four books, each containing a tale of epic steampunk excitement squeezed within the covers of a novella. Four independent stories by four outstanding authors, linked only by their cover art. Winner of the Utopia Award 2023 for Best Utopian Novella A rip-roaring steampunk novella featuring a reality-hopping female protagonist who has to contend with gender prejudice in Victorian London, and a plot that pays homage to H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth while weaving an explosive narrative all its own. As an Oneironaut and agent of the Fellowship, January Purcell is used to danger and thinking on her feet, having faced threats up and down the timeline and in various realities; all part of the Great and Long Game. Nothing, however, could have prepared her for the extremes demanded by this latest mission, which sees her accompany Dr Robert Jones and his colleagues on a journey from the heart of Victorian London to Iceland, following in the footsteps of Professor Lidenbrock and the alchemist (and, it turns out, fellow Oneironaut) Arne Saknussemm. Denied the support of her colleagues at London’s Oneiros Club due to her gender, January must rely on her own resources as she descends into the extinct volcano Snæfellsjökull, little imagining what she will encounter there, little realising that this is all merely a prelude to a long-planned invasion from Earth’s near neighbour, Mars… “Here’s such a rich confection of our favourite persons and places, from Jules Verne’s volcano in Iceland and the subterranean Vril race to Wells’s Martian invaders and even scheming Moriarty—along with revelations about reality and about more-than-reality (such as The House, and The Existing). Need I mention that there are also shared lucid dreams? No spoilers could spoil the frantic fun of this sprightly riff. It’s stimulating, tremendous stuff.” – Ian Watson, author of the Screen Story for Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence “There is a satisfyingly broad and ambitious scope to this ‘time-travelling’ novella, intriguing characters and potentially vibrant locations... Definitely worth a read; I did enjoy it.” – goodreads reviewer “An entertaining novella which will appeal if you like metaphysical adventures.” – LibraryThing reviewer Available as a paperback, an ebook, a numbered limited edition hardback signed by the author, and as part of a slipcase set. The slipcase set contains signed hardbacks of all four novellas in the series, with the combined artwork featured on the box.  |
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