The Island of Birds by Austin Hackney

Combining a full-rendered alternate world of ether-sailing dirigibles, steam-tanks, and social inequality, with a style and language both accessible to older primary school children and engaging enough for adult readers, Hackney crafts a steampunk novel that is likely to retain depth on a subsequent reading. This book is the second in the Dark Sea’s Trilogy. … Continue reading The Island of Birds by Austin Hackney