The Aeronaut's Windlass
A disgraced airship captain and an unlikely crew are drawn into a sky war that may hide a far greater danger.
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In an alternate 1914, a divided America enters World War I on opposite sides, and ordinary lives are swept into war.
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Shattered Hourglass
A zombie-apocalypse survivor is drawn into a wider, military-driven mission that expands the series beyond its journal roots.
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Radiant Star
On an isolated colony-world, occupation, religious factionalism, and supply collapse turn one ritual choice into citywide crisis.