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M. A. Tanenbaum

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Airships: epic adventures in The Poison Sky


In Nathum’s world, airships rule the skies above a sea of poison clouds, and superstition poisons the minds and hearts of men.

Ever since his mother died, Nathum has devoted himself to studying science. But when a rival power assassinates his nation’s ruler, he’s thrust into the unforgiving and deadly world of airmen, and into the politics whirling around the ruler’s brilliant, ambitious daughter.

Now this quiet scientist must learn to fly and fight, to steer a course through a world verging on chaos, before his own discoveries destroy everything he loves.

Draft cover art for "The Poison Sky, Book I: A Philosophy of Air" depicting airships battling above a city.
Draft cover art for A Philosophy of Air (author is — self-evidently —
not an artist!)

Filled with swashbuckling adventure, romance, discovery, and political intrigue, The Poison Sky, Book I: A Philosophy of Air is currently a work-in-progress.


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