Steel & Bone

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About Steel & Bone

Shovel the coal and stoke the boilers as nine Steampunk authors explore islands of mystery and adventure across the seven seas. The Clockwork Seer by Katherine Cowley: On an island of oddities, a young clairvoyant struggles for normalcy, but deadly automatons have other plans. Sindisiwe by Scott E. Tarbet: A slave girl in Zanzibar escapes a beating when a stranger in the marketplace proves her past is more than just a fairy tale. Stand and Deliver by TC Phillips: Neither shackles, slave labor, nor the island's deadliest inhabitants will prevent these brothers from meting out justice to their father's murderers. Island Walker by C. R. Simper: Kit digs her treasures out of trash heaps, but the theft of her invention leads to discoveries money can't buy. A Mind Prone to Wander by Danielle E. Shipley: Beyond a locked door lies Rowan Charles' death or his sanity, and the survival or extinction of his people. Curio Cay by Sarah E. Seeley: The future of humanity rests in the hands of three time-traveling scientists battling biomechanical creatures in the Jurassic past. The Mysterious Island of Chester Morrison by Kin Law: Dodging her chaperone, a debutante stumbles into adventure and romance at the World's Fair. Revolutionary by John M. Olsen: A dirigible captain goes down with his ship, and wakes to find himself a captive of a sky-dwelling civilization. The Steel Inside by Gail B. Williams: Darkness lurks in Sarah's forgotten past, kept hidden by those who claim to be her devoted husband and loyal servants.

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