First off, I want to say thank you to everyone at Myskoteket for letting me come here today on my blog tour. I’ve been all over the world on people’s blogs and I’m proud that today I’m in Sweden!
Hello, my name is Nick Valentino. My first published novel, a Steampunk adventure novel called Thomas Riley, just came out on Echelon Press and I’m very excited to tell you about it.
It seems that most people that read Myskoteket already know and enjoy the Steampunk culture. So I’m going to assume that everyone knows what Steampunk is. Thomas Riley is an adventure novel full of Sky Pirates, armored dirigibles and enough war time inventions to satisfy any enthusiastic reader.
Want to know more? Here’s the story line:
The world during the industrial revolution has seen an explosion of technology, innovation and science that it has never experienced before. Alchemy and science are the new gods, bringing forth inventions that forever steer the world in a different path. Massive air force dirigible based flying ships armed with cannons fill the skies, while rogue bands of air pirates top the news of the day.
The Earth as we know it is the same, but the countries are different. Thomas Riley and his assistant Cynthia Basset are the chief weapons designers for their country of West Canvia who has been locked in a twenty year war with the neighboring country of Lemuria. Their company, Mercury Craft Industries, makes weapons powered by steam, which happens to be the main power source of the day.
Thomas and Cynthia’s work is interrupted when West Canvian Marines bring the Duke of West Canvia’s mortally wounded daughter in and demand that a special kind of soul preserving alchemy is performed. Thomas protests, but is forced under the threat of treason. The alchemic process goes wrong thrusting the soul of the Duke’s dying daughter into Cynthia and giving her a split personality.
With no where to turn, Thomas suggests that the Duke’s daughter can only be extracted by master alchemist Isaac Maier, who happens to be the chief weapon’s designer for their enemy in Lemuria. They hatch a plan to fly in, and force him to perform the procedure, but everything goes wrong. Their ship is shot down in enemy territory and Thomas and Cynthia take matters in to their own hands making their own perilous way to their enemy’s laboratory.
If you enjoy debonair Sky Pirates, and high flying adventure, you will probably enjoy this genre. If you care to learn more, take a look at Thomas Riley’s website:
You can purchase signed copies at:
http://thomasriley.bigcartel.com or http://www.echelonpress.com and Amazon.
Or for the ultra daring, enlist as a Sky Pirate and get fun things in the mail.
(Thank you to all the Swedish Sky Pirates that already signed up! You all are the best!)
Maybe we should have some Sky Pirate contest in the future?
Oh and readers, comment on this post in english so that Nick will be able to read them!
Yes… So very much yes!
Perhaps this will be a birthdaypresent for myself!
I wish you the very best in luck with the sales of the book =D
I’m very proud to be a Sky Pirate yeeeah! :3
Thank you all again! The Swedish Sky Pirates are great! (And many in number.) I’m sending all my new Swedish Sky Pirates their enlistment papers on Friday. Thanks everyone!
Yarr! :D