Steampunk/alternative history
The Archimedean Heart, my first published novel, is an alternative history/historical fantasy/steampunk novel set in 1880s Paris, the world of the Roboticist of Versailles. It is the story of two artists and their quest to portray beauty…and a brilliant scientist’s mysterious invention. Court intrigue. Revolution. SCIENCE. Explosions. Romance, thwarted and otherwise. Automatons. How much humanity can you lose before you’re no longer human? The Archimedean Heart is available as an ebook and print copies are available at Bookshop.org.
Paris 1880, the City of Electric Light
Clockwork nobles of the Court promenade through the halls of Versailles, while Watcher spheres and cyborg police menace citizens of France in the streets.
The Royal Scientist Doctor works frantically on an automaton designed to replace the failing sovereigns, but will it be ready in time to save the monarchy?
In the cafes of Montmartre, Henri paints the common people chafing under the reign of the Augmented monarchs and dreams of a France free of machines.
John yearns to capture the essence of beauty in his paintings with the luminous Marie-Ange his muse-and handmaid to the ancient Queen of France.
With his brother Henri entangled in revolution, he must choose between the artificial beauty of Court and the movement to restore France.
How much humanity can be lost before you are no longer human?
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