Stormbuckler and the Leviscopic Engine

By Neil Mach

Can technology corrupt a person's soul?

Can a culture break free from mechanical objectification?

Might resisting technology lead to a better understanding of self?

Having escaped the Staines parish poorhouse, Stormbuckler rescues a crucial worker of the newly-arrived multimillionaire American steam-mill owner, Mr. Lindw rm, After saving Lindw rm's worker, Stormbuckler is offered a job by the American steam-inventor.

Mayotte, employed as a parlour housemaid by a notable Middlesex family, hopes to better herself. Having left her life of servitude with the Staines Oldcorne family, she begins working as an administrative assistant at the town's machine plant owned by the American steam-mill owner.

At Lindw rm's steam-plant, Stormbuckler and Mayotte uncover deception. They discover that the multimillionaire American's industrial empire holds dark secrets. Residents of Staines are found vanishing In addition, Stormbuckler and Mayotte learn that Lindw rm has hired a crew of vicious, armed goons to protect his secrets. And Lindw rm's second-in-command appears to have a wicked personality and nefarious schemes of his own.

Yet, Stormbuckler gets pulled into Lindw rm's exciting world of steam tech. He gives his all to his duties, developing a growing obsession with Lindw rm's unstable creations and the American innovator's wild ideas. What awful creation is being built at Steam Shed Seven? What terrible secret did the Ministry Agent uncover? What brings an American tribal leader to town?

What is the mysterious connection between these threads? Will Stormbuckler's tech obsession help Mayotte? Are Stormbuckler and Mayotte related in any way? Will the tribal leader reveal their relationship? Can the teens endure the perils of a steam-powered future? Or will they submit to Lindw rm's steam-powered mechatronics and the temporary joys of modern tech? How many more people have to die before Lindw rm's terrible delusions become looming reality?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BZFCY981
• ISBN13: 9798376763926
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"