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Liberty and Other Stories

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For the delight and edification of discerning readers, we present diverse stories concerning the lives, histories, and adventures of the crew of the aethership Shadowless.

Lament! as an upstanding clergyman falls into the villainous clutches of a notorious criminal mastermind.

Question your sanity! as a dissolute governess confronts blasphemies from beyond creation.

Wonder! at the journey of the dashing skycaptain Byron Kae across sapphire oceans, through smog-choked streets, and to the depths of the sky itself.

Gasp! at an entirely true and accurately rendered tale of pirates, cavalrymen, aethermancers, scientists, and a power to unmake the world.

Plus, hitherto unseen extracts from the meticulous and illuminating journals of Mrs. Miranda Lovelace, rogue scientist and first of the aethermancers.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 2, 2015
      Hall (Prosperity) takes readers on an off-kilter tour through a steampunk world filled with floating cities, airships, and extra-dimensional eldritch abominations in this disjointed omnibus. Four stories (all available as separate e-books) allow Hall to experiment in different ways with form and function. “Squamous with a Chance of Rain,” a tongue-in-cheek epistolary narrative, owes much to both gothic romances and Lovecraftian horror, with a genre-savvy governess recounting her experiences at a distant manor where strange things are afoot. “Liberty” describes a collection of documents and found artifacts relating to the long-ago conflicts faced by a mechanically enhanced aethermancer in the flying pirate city of Liberty. “Shackles” is by far the most straightforward tale, as a clergyman tries to coax repentance from a condemned man, only to fall for his devious charms. “Cloudy Climes and Starless Skies” is something of an airship-themed coming-of-age adventure. Though Hall’s versatility is admirable and the setting is full of promise, these four very different stories just don’t play well together.

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