Steampunk

For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war....

Since time immemorial the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world....

Magic powers? His own mech? A whole airship of gorgeous women desperate for his genes? Yes, please! Paralyzed by a drunk driver, let go from his job, and stuck in a sad, stagnant town in the middle of nowhere, Joseph Locke was having the worst day of his life. And then he died.

Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal....

Can you outrun the past? Can you outlive the future? One time traveler must find out. Accidental time traveler Ben Travers is thrown into a multiverse of adventure in this action-adventure through past and future....

Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster hasn't even broken in his lieutenant's insignia when he's summoned to meet with the Spirearch of Spire Albion himself for a very special—and very secret—purpose....

Two new apprentices. One charming engineer. A potential battle with both sea serpents and evil sorcerers.

After kicking an unholy amount of undead ass, Hector and his dragon have new goal: to revive the war-torn province of Myzsno, preferably before their nemesis arrives with his army and a legion of Drachan, demonic dragons that would make even H. P. Lovecraft scream in terror....

When you steal a hundred grand from some very bad people, the best way to survive is to stay small and quiet....

Responsible for her friend's death, Lieutenant Caslin Ahn wants nothing more than to be left alone....

Ridge, Sardelle, and their comrades may have rescued Tolemek's sister and freed the dragon, but trouble awaits at home....

It's been a week since the dragon Morishtomaric fell, and Sardelle is not convinced that Ridge is truly gone....

Everyone knows dragons have been extinct for over 1,000 years. Everyone is wrong....

The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the center of the world. Humans and mutants and arcane races brood in the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the river is sluggish with unnatural effluent and foundries pound into the night....

General Ridgewalker Zirkander is getting married. Sardelle - the woman who’s battled dragons, shamans, and countless enemy soldiers at his side - has accepted his proposal, and it’s the perfect time for a wedding....

An enforcer wanted dead for crimes she didn’t commit.... An assassin wanted dead for crimes he did commit.... Normally, they would be enemies, but they both seek the same thing: exoneration....

When a magical plague is released in a Depression-era New York soup kitchen, private detective Alex Lockerby finds himself in a desperate hunt to catch a madman before he can strike again....

A missing girl leads the Magebreakers into a deadly race, with her life as the prize....

Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier, but she's desperate to leave her haunted past in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside old friends...and old flames. Unfortunately, even the icy ocean can't extinguish some fires....

Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer....

Jace Hughes is a Renegade. That means taking almost any job that comes his way, no matter the situation. So long as he can keep his ship floating, he's free to live the life he wants. But that all changes when he meets Abigail Pryar, a nun looking for safe passage out of the system....

Now that Trip’s siblings are safely back in the capital, he would like it if life got back to normal. As normal as possible for a half-dragon army officer learning to use his magical powers when he isn’t busy piloting with Wolf Squadron. But trouble keeps popping up....

Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has come into possession of a vital clue that may lead him to his ultimate goal: a cure for death. The path is vague, however, and treacherous....

Mists of Kragdon-ah tells the story of what happened to Alex, Monda-ak, Amy, and Sanda, and everyone aboard The Senta-eh inside the fog. Mysterious airships, strange creatures never seen on Earth, and dangerous quests will keep you on the edge of your seat....

Don't miss this Complete Series LitRPG Box Set. Action-packed and full of magic and mystery, it's perfect for fans of Arcane, Final Fantasy, and lovers of all things Progression Fantasy....

A High-Flying Adventure Captain Bacchus, the daring sky-pirate, and the fearless crew of The Glee are in a race against time as they flee from the relentless pursuit of the powerful merchant lords. With the kingdom's future at stake, they must brave the dangerous skies and seek out allies to aid them in their escape. Join the crew on a thrilling journey filled with adventure and excitement as they navigate their way to freedom and discover what it truly means to be free in the skies. Grounded and on the Run Zephyr, a young thief, and Priscilla, the bastard princess, are separated from their...

When a young woman is brutally murdered in a back alley, the police quickly turn to Alex Lockerby to help them. Hampered by the fallout from his own secrets, Alex goes to work, only to find that the victim in this case had secrets of her own, starting with her identity. As Alex tries to trace the origins of the mysterious murder victim, a woman comes to his office, begging Alex’s help because she believes the new house she’s purchased is haunted. When Alex investigates the house, he finds that even it holds a secret, one that someone is willing to kill to keep.

A kingdom in peril, a sky-pirate crew imprisoned, and a young hero's destiny takes flight. Zephyr, the daring thief turned hero, and Priscilla, the bastard princess, arrive at the Kingdom of Branica, only to find it teetering on the edge of disaster. With the King absent and the Queen wielding unchecked power, they're quickly ensnared in a web of deceit and danger. When Captain Bacchus and the infamous crew of The Glee are captured, Zephyr and Priscilla find themselves on the run once again. With the odds stacked against them, they must rally unlikely allies, outwit their enemies, and ...

Bowdoin and his crew have grown in both strength and reach. They have taken on all comers, gangs, corpo, and otherwise, and expanded their domain to include the entirety of their arcology. But they have not avoided entrapment. Ostensibly, Bowdoin is doing work for hire for the hacker corporation Inside Eye. The reality of it is bleaker than this. The chains may be pretty and invisible to the naked eye, but they are still there.

An encounter with an old friend becomes tragically fatal, and Indrajit and Fix set out on a high-stakes, high-adrenaline quest across the ancient city of Kish to bring their friend back to life. At each step, the complications and the enemies alike pile up. The mysterious necromancers, the Vin Dalu priests, bind the heroes on an errand that sends them shuttling from one thieves' guild to the next, pitting Indrajit and Fix against the deadly House of Knives and embroiling them in a plot by the giant, wasplike Kattak to take dire revenge on Kish and all its great houses.

THE NAMELESS. As a warden, Soren’s duty is to guard against the dead, but he was never trained to guard against his heart. Drawn into a web of Solarian politics, Soren finds himself at the center of a storm of his own making, unwilling to break free if it means losing the man he loves. But even the darkest secrets cannot remain hidden forever, and when lies come to light, the price he pays for his silence may very well be his undoing.

THE WARDEN. Soren is a nameless, stateless man, tasked with keeping watch over Maricol’s borders. He isn’t meant for politics, only dealing with the dead. His past was buried in the poison fields, but after a fateful encounter with a prince, Soren comes to realize he can’t keep what magic burns inside him hidden forever.

THE MARSHAL. Melvin Kaur is a nobleman, a magician, and a high-ranking cog in the Clockwork Brigade working out of Istal. His well-established spot in high society is a grand cover for the smuggling his family oversees. But when a handoff goes wrong, and Melvin is forced to flee through the night with his charges, he finds unexpected help from an endearing man in the unlikeliest of places.

Dirigibles? Check. Lusty pirates? Check! Cigar and pipe smoking? Check!! Studebakers? Check!!! Teslapunk? Check!! The story of the Dirigible Pirates, which has been accepted by most people as being a work of fiction, is in fact an historical account of future events. That is to say, when the future becomes the past, and the present becomes irrelevant, the story of our Pirates will become an accepted part of our cultural and historical baggage. Yes friends, these are the stirring historically autobiographical tales of that intrepid band of pirates, their sanctuary in The Great North Woods ...

Captain Alenia Yaleria called her, "the most adventurous woman we've ever known." Tessa Chart: Adventurer, Warrior, Cartographer, and incurable romantic. The Truthbearer and the Lord Librarian have sent her on a mission: Map the Nine Worlds and find the "Thin Places" where Lordabove is closest to His creation. No one has ever made maps of the entire Nine Worlds before, but if it can be done, Tessa will do it. With her airship crew of Elves, Drow, Librarians, and a half-elf who just may be the love of her life, Tessa Chart will go to the places where legends were born, and what once was ...

This is a Mid-Century Modern science-based novel. In point of fact, Tales from the Black Hart is the foundational series of novels in the Mid-Century Modern school of literature and architecture. What then, you ask, constitutes, and characterizes the key MCM attributes? Examples please, Professor? Can a dirigible be MCM? Certainly. Even more-so if it is painted like a Faberge Egg. Are pink and black bathroom subway tile MCM? Sadly, yes. The Savinelli 614 Hungarian style tobacco pipe? Rustic finish? Of course, my friend. What about kindly elderly mad-scientist professors shuffling about in ...

Yes, there are more tales from the Black Hart Library and this effort was titled accordingly. You might ask, “And what will follow this? Even More Tales?” Stay tuned friends. When we last saw the Professor, he had just finished crashing an RDAS (Royal Dirigible Airship Service) airship following their encounter with the perfidious Livonians. Certainly, Wing Commander Wendell was not pleased by the damage (from an insurance perspective, he totaled it) to her very nice dirigible, and she was last seen puffing agitatedly on her Peterson briar pipe all the while waving hands and shouting ...

Any reasonably exciting scientific endeavor entails some level of risk, how else do we explain so many research laboratories mysteriously exploding, or just completely disappearing, leaving gaping holes in the ground that will eventually become a rather nice pond for racing small model boats on sunny days. And while we are at it, what is the relationship between soaring airships and instantaneously vanishing laboratories? Thin air mate! Unusually suspicious minds might suspect that that our Professor, aka Professor Bajusz (mustache) to his increasingly shrinking circle of friends, is the ...

Galvanic Winds. Unimaginable power of the electrikus drawn, as if by magic, from nothingness. A tremulous sky punctuated with hulking grey and black dirigibles. The introduction of the Whelti Warbler into the technological mix. High stakes adventures battling Livonian pirates high above the earth. Yes, all of this and more! The Professor, obsessed with the calculations emanating from the Badger Babbage Engine anchored to bedrock with high-tensile steel bolts down in the Augusta Mill’s basement, powered by the grist mill’s slowly turning water wheel. The flat leather drive belts with ...

The Black Hart Library – Its not that the Livonians are inherently evil, really it is only that the residents of that small duchy tend to hire themselves out to the lowest bidder, and if the Livonians are in for a penny, why then the of course the Grüsonians (Gruesonians) are in for a pound. Stirling. Perhaps the evil Doctor Minneapolis St. Paul, (so named because her parents thought Minneapolis a far better city than Madison on even the worst of days), along with various immense financial entities are behind the perfidy of the Livonians et al. It is entirely possible that Professor ...