The Etheric Engine: Power and Peril in a Steampunk Future
Marcus Thornfield
Freegulls Publishing House
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The brass gears of New Geneva clicked and hummed in their eternal dance as steam rose from a thousand copper pipes, casting ethereal shadows across the cobblestone streets. Evangeline Fairweather adjusted her leather goggles against the amber glow of the gaslight lanterns and quickened her pace through the Industrial Quarter. The weight of her father's journal pressed against her ribs from within her corset, its secrets as heavy as the cast-iron machinery that towered above the city's skyline.
Three months had passed since Professor Aldrich Fairweather's mysterious disappearance, and the Consortium of Engineers had officially declared him dead after a laboratory explosion destroyed his workshop. But Evangeline knew better. Her father had been too careful, too methodical to perish in such a careless accident. The journal she'd discovered hidden beneath a loose floorboard in their family home told a different story entirely.
"Miss Fairweather!" The voice belonged to Thomas Blackwood, her father's former apprentice, who emerged from the shadow of a massive steam engine. His dark hair was disheveled, and coal dust streaked his angular face. "I've been searching for you everywhere. We need to talk."
The brass gears of New Geneva clicked and hummed in their eternal dance as steam rose from a thousand copper pipes, casting ethereal shadows across the cobblestone streets. Evangeline Fairweather adjusted her leather goggles against the amber glow of the gaslight lanterns and quickened her pace t...
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