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Harry on the Run
Harriet and Khuwelsa Edgbaston are not typical sisters. On a trip to Mombasa, in their steam-powered runabout, they are side-tracked by a landing Zeppelin and from that point things go from ordinary to incredible.
As chaos reigns they are forced to make a decision that will change their entire future.
As chaos reigns they are forced to make a decision that will change their entire future.
- GenresSteampunk
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Published January 1, 2017
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About the author
Steve Turnbull
62 books360 followersWhen he's not sitting at his computer building websites for national institutions and international companies, Steve Turnbull can be found sitting at his computer building new worlds of steampunk, science fiction and fantasy.
Technically Steve was born a cockney but after five years he was moved out from London to the suburbs where he grew up and he talks posh now. He's been a voracious reader of science fiction and fantasy since his early years, but it was poet Laurie Lee's autobiography "Cider with Rosie" (picked up because he was bored in Maths) that taught him the beauty of language and spurred him into becoming a writer, aged 15. He spent twenty years editing and writing for computer magazines while writing poetry on the side.
Nowadays he writes screenplays (TV and features), prose and computer programs.
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Technically Steve was born a cockney but after five years he was moved out from London to the suburbs where he grew up and he talks posh now. He's been a voracious reader of science fiction and fantasy since his early years, but it was poet Laurie Lee's autobiography "Cider with Rosie" (picked up because he was bored in Maths) that taught him the beauty of language and spurred him into becoming a writer, aged 15. He spent twenty years editing and writing for computer magazines while writing poetry on the side.
Nowadays he writes screenplays (TV and features), prose and computer programs.
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May 16, 2019
This is a fantastic fun steampunk story (but to be fair, most steampunks are fantastic fun) set in Africa - at a colonial power crux as Italy, Germany, France, Britain and the local tribes all get involved. East Africa is so big that a Zeppelin is an ideal way to travel, with the aid of the Faraday rig which nullifies some of the effect of gravity.
We meet two young ladies from the household of the British Ambassador, busy building a flying car, or a car anyway. Spies, steam and stampedes ensue.
Query; why didn't the author see this error:
" They appeared to be arguing but the motor above his cabin was still running and he couldn’t hear a word. As if on cue the engine puttered into silence.
“We’re not causing trouble. We’re just looking.”
“But—”
“Don’t you want to fly?” snapped Harry. English, of course. His command of the language was competent and he was sure that ‘Harry’ was a male name. "
I downloaded an e-ARC from Instafreebie. This is an unbiased review.
We meet two young ladies from the household of the British Ambassador, busy building a flying car, or a car anyway. Spies, steam and stampedes ensue.
Query; why didn't the author see this error:
" They appeared to be arguing but the motor above his cabin was still running and he couldn’t hear a word. As if on cue the engine puttered into silence.
“We’re not causing trouble. We’re just looking.”
“But—”
“Don’t you want to fly?” snapped Harry. English, of course. His command of the language was competent and he was sure that ‘Harry’ was a male name. "
I downloaded an e-ARC from Instafreebie. This is an unbiased review.
November 4, 2017
This was good, but little world building or backstory.
April 6, 2018
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Wow! Great short story. Can't wait for another one.👏👏
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