The Brass Meridian

About this book

In a sprawling galaxy where starships run on aether-steam and clockwork navigation, an oppressive Imperial Armada controls the celestial trade routes. Thaddeus Royston, a cynical smuggler who only looks out for his own survival, is unexpectedly strong-armed into transporting a naive clockwork engineer, Beatrix Hemlock, and her experimental weapon to a hidden rebel faction. As the ruthless Lord-Admiral Percival Sterling closes in on them, the narrative alternates between their present-day desperate flight across the stars and a timeline from fifteen years ago, revealing the tragic mutiny and betrayal that cost Thaddeus his arm and his idealism. Bound by a shared history with the Admiral, Thaddeus must decide whether to abandon the rebellion to its doom or embrace the anti-hero mantle and finally dismantle the empire he once swore to serve.

Book details

Genres:

Space Opera, Science Fiction

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-15

Content rating:

PG-13