num_pages: 320
description: A pirate-infused steampunk world rooted in the historical fabric of Victorian Europe in which the Crimean War ended with a stalemate and not a victory. Airships and clockwork mechanisms are the technology of the future mad scientists and engine-driven dragons run rampant and Russia stands tall as the supermenace overshadowing the world. Living amidst this vivid turbulent clockwork world is Hans Sauder a gentleman's son and German expat. While en route to University to study engineering his airship is waylaid by the nefarious pirate ship The Bloody Rose. Confronted with a choice to either join the crew or be tossed overboard into the most volatile wilds of Europe Hans reluctantly steps into the role of a pirate.As he is given the kind of education no university could have prepared him for Hans finds himself at the center of a paradoxical world where the Captain conducts piracy with a gentleman's keen business sense the most lethal crew members are the women and the dark underbelly of a peaceful Europe is exposed at every turn. As the story unfolds Hans' new life is further complicated by the romantic advances of the leader of the ship's gunner-marines a ruthless and no-nonsense woman with a chip on her shoulder. As well Hans is perpetually dogged by a deep conflict between his sense of morals and duty to his family and the challenges and adventure of this new life he has discovered.
language: English
title: By Any Other Name
publisher: Avenger Press Services