Strap Yourself in for ABATTOIR IN THE AETHER

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This is more than a review, it's a veritable essay on the book, steampunk and the genre's role in modern science-fiction:

In case you have never come across anything like Abattoir in the Aether before, ladies and gentlemen, strap yourselves in, because we are about to take a rumbling journey into the ether, with Victorians In Spaaaaaccceee! Otherwise known as the genre of Steampunk.

You really must take five minutes to read this amazing article over at Future Fire, then stop by Untreed Reads to read a book excerpt.

Abattoir in the Aether by L. Joseph Shosty:

Book Four of Series One.

Fresh from their adventures on Mercury, Nathanial Stone and his ward, Annabelle Somerset, are limping through the aether in a dilapidated flyer when they unwittingly stumble upon a heliograph station in solar orbit between Earth and Mars.

Now in the sinister clutches of Dr Henry van den Bosch, a hulking nightmare of a man with a penchant for destroying those who cross him, Nathanial must race against time to prevent the station from falling into a massive aether vortex or risk van den Bosch's wrath.

But unseen forces hold sway on Peregrine Station, and before the two can even settle in, an attempt is made on Nathanial's life. Annabelle investigates, and in doing so sets off a chain of events that could destroy the station before it ever reaches the vortex.

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I was staggered by the depth of, and obvious energy put into, this review. Of course, I sent Ms. Onyett a nice note to thank her.