My love of amalgam of genres is what
drew me to the world of Steampunk, even making me wish to contribute to this
growing sub-genre. I personally cannot get through something that doesn’t
contain elements of various genres anymore, let alone spend a year writing one.
Variety is the spice of life, and I like my food like my books, on fire. It combines
so many things that I love: England, technology, pure adventure, and I even
threw in some werewolves and romance to boot. There’s something in it for
everyone. Which is why I think this has become such a popular sub-genre. I
cannot be the only one who likes unpredictability and the new. Like the
Victorian Era, this the age of advancement.
Steampunk is the perfect example of
this innovation trend because it centers around a time of great growth and
change, the Industrial Evolution. Trains made it possible to travel great
distances in a short time. Machines made it possible to produce mass quantities
of goods for the growing population. But what if we had just stopped there?
What if plastic was never invented? What if there was no rise of steel? What if
women never ventured out of the home? It may have been a simpler time but was
it better? As a woman, heck no, but I like most people am sometimes overwhelmed
with all the information and choices now available to me. Steampunk wipes that
away, at least for 300 pages. And no matter what else books do, no matter how
much they evolve, their purpose will always remain the same: as an escape. Why not travel to a complex world where we
aren’t cramped on planes but travel by dirigible? Or where clockwork gears and
rivets are a fashion norm? (I’ve attended cons, the steampunk outfits are
always the most impressive.) And that’s where it all begins. Asking, “Why not?”
There are only three types of story:
man against man, man against nature, man against self. Every story stems from
one of those conflicts. But like in people, there are many shades of gray,
billions in fact. We all have a unique view on this life, one that often draws
from multiple sources, a collection of experiences and thoughts. We are not
simple and that’s what makes a person interesting. What we create in art to
reflect that fact should not be simple either. We should always be moving forward, trying new
things, taking elements of what we enjoy and combining them with other things
we like. That’s how we evolve. That’s how we move from the caves to traveling
to the moon. How penicillin was invented. And how the best of the Victorian era
was transported into the future for your reading enjoyment. Mutant and proud.
Why not?
Verity Hart Vs. The Vampyres Omnibus
A Hart/McQueen Steampunk
Adventure 1
Jennifer Harlow
Genre: Steampunk Romance
Publisher: Devil on the Left Books
ISBN: 978-0-9893944-4-4
ASIN:
Number of pages: 293
Word Count: 96,000
Cover Artist: Jennifer Harlow
Book Description:
KEEP CALM AND STEAMPUNK ON
The whole of Victorian London knows there is something not quite right about the Lady Verity Hart. She may be the daughter of an MP and the sister of famed inventor Lord David Hart, but she is a spinster whose own father threatens to send her to the madhouse every fortnight. Because Society is correct-Verity Hart is no lady. If they suspected how quick with a quip she is, let alone the majority of her brother's ingenious machines were her design, the sale of fainting couches would double.
Verity requires one herself when her beloved brother is kidnapped by vampyres in the dead of night. With the aid of an aggravating, rude American bounty hunter with a secret of his own, Verity takes to land, sea, and even air to rescue the only person who could ever love and truly accept her. Or is he?
Available at Amazon
About the Author:
Jennifer Harlow spent her restless childhood fighting with her three brothers and scaring the heck out of herself with horror movies and books. She grew up to earn a degree at the University of Virginia which she put to use as a radio DJ, crisis hotline volunteer, bookseller, lab assistant, wedding coordinator, and government investigator. Currently she calls Northern Virginia home but that restless itch is ever present. In her free time, she continues to scare the beejepers out of herself watching scary movies and opening her credit card bills.
She is the author of the Amazon best-selling F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad, Midnight Magic Mystery series and The Galilee Falls Trilogy. For the soundtrack to her books and other goodies visit her at www.jenniferharlowbooks.com
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