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Prosperity
Prosperity | Alexis Hall
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A breathtaking tale of passion and adventure in the untamed skies!/ p Prosperity, 1863: a lawless skytown where varlets, chancers, and ne'er-do-wells risk everything to chase a fortune in the clouds, and where a Gaslight guttersnipe named Piccadilly is about to cheat the wrong man. This mistake will endanger his life...and his heart. Thrill! As our hero battles dreadful kraken above Prosperity. Gasp! As the miracles of clockwork engineering allow a dead man to wreak his vengeance upon the living. Marvel! At the aerial escapades of the aethership, Shadowless. Beware! The licentious and unchristian example set by the opium-addled navigatress, Miss Grey. Disapprove Strongly! Of the utter moral iniquity of the dastardly crime prince, Milord. Swoon! At the dashing skycaptain, Byron Kae. Swoon Again! At the tormented clergyman, Ruben Crowe. This volume (available in print, and for the first time on mechanical book-reading devices) contains the complete original text of Piccadilly's memoirs as first serialised in All the Year Round. Some passages may prove unsettling to unmarried gentlemen of a sensitive disposition.
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I'm not quite sure what all this #Steampunk story was about, but I liked it.

Piccadilly is a thief. He runs, is shot and ends up on an aether ship that's manned by a very diverse crew. The ship is harvesting phlogiston.

There is some romance. There's some spice. There are monstrous sky-kraken.

The #audiobook was great, especially since most of the story is in Piccadilly's pidgin.

CarolynM I started this one ages ago but didn‘t get very far. Sounds like I should try the audio. I want to bean AH completist🙂 1w
julesG @CarolynM I'm glad I paired up ebook and audiobook. Audible offered me the audiobook for €2.95 since I already owned the eBook. 1w
julesG @CarolynM I understand the completist approach. I'm working my way through the catalogue too. Also, there's a queer Moby Dick in space retelling by AH coming next year. 1w
CarolynM Oooh, that‘s exciting. I was hoping for some more Spires stories (I think he said he was thinking about it a couple of years ago) but it looks like that‘s not going to happen☹️ 1w
julesG @CarolynM There are four so far. The next "bake off" book had its cover-reveal... I think he had to wrap up with his old publisher. It feels like a weight was lifted off his shoulders when he posts on Instagram since that was finalised. 1w
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