In the mid-19th century, new technology opens the doorway to the skies. The discovery of controlled ether takes mankind into the heavens. Tetrol-powered engines push new machines further. But the developments don’t stop there. The human body itself is altered, joining it with the latest scientific discoveries to create powerful Man O’War soldiers.
Hungry for resources to fuel these developments, countries charge into war. In Europe, the Man O’ War airships rule the skies, while in the United States, smaller but potent technology is used to defend the country from invaders. And in the midst of all these machines, men and women find that the greatest adventure comes not from modern science, but from their own hearts.
Book One: SKIES OF FIRE by Zoë Archer
Book Two: NIGHT OF FIRE by Nico Rosso
Rumänish (Nach Originalen Volksmelodien) - Les
Nostalchics
The Switch and the Spur - The Raconteurs
Silent Hedges - Bauhaus
Ringo Rides Again - Ennio Morricone
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Knockin’ on Joe - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Zorba’s Dance - Mikis Theodorakis
Forty Four - Howlin’ Wolf
Night of Fire
US Army Upland Ranger Tom Knox trades the front lines for a different conflict as he returns home to California on his ether-borne mechanical horse. Three years ago, he skipped town, leaving the one girl who ever mattered. Rosa Campos. He thinks she’ll be settled down but discovers Rosa’s the town sheriff, caught in a battle with a mining company’s five-story, rock-eating machine.
Tom’s the last person Rosa expects to see riding out of the sky to her aid, and seeing him again reignites a flame more dangerous than the enemy threatening to destroy them both.
From Nico Rosso:
Not only has The Ether Chronicles been an incredible steampunk world to create, the best part is that I get to build the wold with my wife, Zoë Archer. While I’m telling the Western tales, she’s spinning the adventures around the rest of the globe. Be sure to check out her SKIES OF FIRE, book one in The Ether Chronicles.
from Avon Impulse
ISBN: 9780062201089
