| Synopsis: |
When 1970s aesthetics mash with 19th Century technology, it's called 'steamfunk'. Independent city-states scatter across the Greater Wastelands, spluttering smog to the choking air. Mankind's short history is dominated by the big weird black metal thing known only as The Husk, embedded into the centre of The Continent. And among the madness, Lenny Freerale forges forth to reclaim his father's lost Per-Mo document, a recipe for a tantalising engine of perpetual motion. Along the way, he'll meet a kooky blonde train driver with hidden depths, bawdy booming aristocrats with a peculiar penchant for disco, enigmatic six-foot brunettes with intriguing facial inkings and the lowest dregs of society, ensconced within the torn-out remnants of the world's most mysterious landmark. In fits of argumentative madness, Lenny Freerale and Penny Piptrack will thrash forwards, ever forwards, in desperate scrambles of steam, sweat and silliness in the world's first steamfunk novel! |