Ichor Well is the third adventure in the Free-Wrench Series of Steampunk novels. Ever since Nita Graus left her homeland and joined the crew of the Wind Breaker, the reputation of the airship and its crew has been growing. The destruction of the mighty dreadnought, the escape from the legendary Skykeep, and the inexplicable ability to remain hidden from the ever-watchful eye of the Fug Folk have combined to make her and her fellow crew the stuff of legend. Alas, legendary heroes cannot exist for long without attracting a worthy villain. Luscious P. Alabaster strives to be just that foe. While he works his nefarious plans, the crew itself is not without turmoil. Captain Mack, already having survived far more years in the hostile skies than he had any right to expect, is making plans for his golden years. The crew is gradually learning all that Nita can teach them, leaving her with the looming decision of whether or not she still has a place among the crew. Before the matter of the future can be settled, the crew has the problems at hand to solve. And in escaping the webs woven by the cunning and eccentric Alabaster, they may discover the darkest secrets the churning and toxic Fug has to hide.
Ichor Well is the third adventure in the Free-Wrench Series of Steampunk novels.Ever since Nita Graus left her homeland and joined the crew of the Wind Breaker, the reputation of the airship and its crew has been growing. The destruction of the mighty dreadnought, the escape from the legendary Skykeep, and the inexplicable ability to remain hidden from the ever-watchful eye of the Fug Folk have combined to make her and her fellow crew the stuff of legend. Alas, legendary heroes cannot exist for long without attracting a worthy villain. Luscious P. Alabaster strives to be just that foe.While he works his nefarious plans, the crew itself is not without turmoil. Captain Mack, already having survived far more years in the hostile skies than he had any right to expect, is making plans for his golden years. The crew is gradually learning all that Nita can teach them, leaving her with the looming decision of whether or not she still has a place among the crew.Before the matter of the future can be settled, the crew has the problems at hand to solve. And in escaping the webs woven by the cunning and eccentric Alabaster, they may discover the darkest secrets the churning and toxic Fug has to hide.
The fug that poisoned the world has struck the Wind Breaker crew. After years of daring escapes and dangerous capers, it was only a matter of time before Captain Mack’s crew felt the sting of the toxin that blankets their continent. They must split up, seek the aid of old rivals, and brave secret facilities to find the substance that may be the key to recovery. Join Nita and her friends on what may well be their final adventure. Contaminant Six is the sixth novel in the critically acclaimed Free-Wrench series of steampunk adventures.
Steam-powered airships rule the skies in a world blanketed by a toxic fug. Join Nita, Lil, Coop, Cap’n Mack, and the rest of the Wind Breaker crew in a steampunk adventure that will leave you reeling. Free-Wrench Collection: Volume 1 combines the first three novels of this exciting steampunk series into one amazing anthology. Here’s what you get: Free-Wrench - Beyond the islands of Caldera the world is a vicious place. A terrible calamity has poisoned the land. Those too ruthless or stubborn to die have crafted steam-powered mechanical wonders and taken to the sky. Yet somewhere in that wretched land there is a cure for a dire disease. With the eccentric crew of an airship called The Wind Breaker, Nita Graus means to find that cure, whatever the price. Skykeep - Several months have passed since Nita Graus left her home in Caldera to soar with the crew of the Wind Breaker, and life is anything but easy. Their prior exploits have earned them quite a reputation among surface-dwellers and made them a perpetual target of the manipulative residents of the fug. Now a new plot could split the crew and ground the Wind Breaker once and for all. Ichor Well - Ever since Nita joined the Wind Breaker crew, the airship's reputation has been growing. The destruction of the mighty dreadnought and the escape from the legendary Skykeep have made the crew the stuff of legend. Alas, legendary heroes always attract worthy villains. Luscious P. Alabaster strives to be just that foe. The Free-Wrench series is an ongoing steampunk adventure from Joseph R. Lallo, author of The Book of Deacon and Big Sigma series.
Ichor: The ethereal golden fluid that is the blood of the Gods and the Immortals. Said to retain thequalities of the immortal's food and drink; ambrosia and nectar. Considered golden in color andlethally toxic to mortals.Ichor is a genre-bending, suburban-body-horror/sci-fi novel from debut author A.P. Duvall. This novel is not for the faint of heart. Ichor is rife with not-so-friendly aliens, time loops, alternate dimensions, mysticism, love, family, reverence for imagination, rock-n-roll, and a decent description on how to carve a whole chicken. Lisa Gittes has her concerns. The summer after her Senior year should've been reserved for smoking weed, hanging out with her best friend Susie, and getting ready for college in the fall, but now all that has been thrown into disarray. Her dad has stolen her weed, her mom has been losing her memories, and her best friend may have been assaulted at a post-graduation party. Now, she has to figure out what is really happening. Unfortunately, her only lead is the boy accused of the assault and his alibi is his best friend, Hugh Gleason, who fills Lisa with an existential dread, and Lisa can't put her finger on the reason why. One thing is clear, this summer in Fuller is going to be the worst.Every morning of his eighteenth birthday Hugh Gleason is sent back to his thirteen-year-old body, but retains his memories. This has been going on for way too long, and getting it to stop has been completely futile. At first, he thinks he's crazy but then all his memories play out as he knows they should. He remembers a little girl who was murdered, a gas station attendant who was shot during a robbery, every subject in school he knows like the back of his hand, he can speak in any language, he can play any instrument, but most importantly he remembers Lisa Gittes and the centuries they've spent in love with each other. But something is different now. Subtle changes to the world he knows so well could have huge ramifications. His only question now is, will he live long enough to see the future? Lawernce Merle of the Fuller Sheriff's office is having a terrible week. Maybe the worst of his life. He's trying to remain positive, but thoughts like wishing he was blind, deaf, or mute, keep creeping into his mind. His girlfriend Gloria has recently convinced him to quit smoking, but all he wants is the relief that those coffin-nails would bring him. Between the suicides, homicides, and the disappearances happening in his small beach-town, he is beginning to suspect that there is something larger and horrifying at play. The Ichor has seen the contraction of the universe and all life being wiped out. It's looking for answers to stop that from happening. It has come to Fuller, Florida, a random spot on a new planet, but it looks like Earth is another dead end. It has eradicated planets in the past, traveled the cosmos in search of an answer to a question that no one even knows to ask. It's frustrating being the only known entity to be concerned with the destruction of the cosmos. Earth has a new, untapped resource however: imagination. This new element has incredible potential, and the Ichor will consume all that it can before the population of Earth is devastated and they move on.Everything comes crashing together in Ichor, the debut novel of A.P. Duvall, the most thrilling horror novel this side of reality. Readers have called it a "mix of Stephen King and Chuck Palahniuk", and "incredibly distressing". Read Ichor, and step in a familiar world filled with horrors beyond compare.
Steam-powered airships rule the skies in a world blanketed by a toxic fug. These are the continuing adventures of Nita, Lil, Coop, Cap’n Mack, and the rest of the Wind Breaker crew in a series of steampunk adventures that comprise the second half of the main story arc of the Free-Wrench series. The collection includes three full novels: The Calderan Problem - The Wind Breaker earns a safe harbor in Caldera and brings its conflict with it. Cipher Hill - The Wind Breaker Crew goes on the offensive, dead set on dethroning the biggest thorn in their side. Contaminant Six - The fug takes a terrible toll on the Wind Breaker crew, but just as this journey began as a search for a cure, so shall the journey end. It also includes two short stories: Lil and Coop - The tale of how the Cooper siblings came to be a part of the Wind Breaker Crew The New Inspector - The story of how the ship got its surly ship's inspector.
A potpourri of poetry and amazing tales that cross genre borders, between fantasy, horror, noir, science fiction, and more, from the legendary Poul Anderson and his wife, Karen Anderson Lyrical and beautiful, enchanting and strange, exhilarating and horrific, this extraordinary collaboration between science fiction–fantasy luminary Poul Anderson and his equally creative wife, Karen, almost defies description. Combining their extraordinary talents, the Andersons have produced a sumptuous feast of the written word—stories that delight, move, and disturb, mixed with rich, sumptuous poetry that soars. A truly stunning collection, The Unicorn Trade transports readers to places at once uniquely strange and strangely familiar—magical fairy realms, the far reaches of outer space, and the twisted minds of madmen. Stories of love, loss, and self-discovery are met with soaring verse that celebrates the human spirit and the wonders of the universe. Here are unforgettable bounding leaps of the imagination, where detective noir is ingeniously reimagined, and tales of Edgar Allan Poe–like suspense stand side by side with poignant tributes to the men who led us to the stars. Real treasures are to be found here—a hungry Olympian god’s interactions with a divine computer, a murdered man’s shrewd revenge, an Earthling’s con game on an unsuspecting Martian visitor, and other such flights of inventive fancy—in a sterling compendium of stories, poems, and science fiction haikus (scifaiku) as bright as starshine and more magical and enduring than fairy gold.
