About the Book

The year is 1888, and the Second Civil War ended only months ago. Enter Cornelius Prower, a young clockmaker making his honest living in Boston. That is, until an eccentric airship commandeer recruits him to fix her ship. Soon, under the helm of Captain Abigail Isabella Cordelia Henley, Prower finds himself caught up in an adventure of piracy, espionage, Galvanism, murder plots, true love, a…nd, of course, pancake-eating contests.

“Rather Prolific” is a trilogy based upon the dime-novel storytelling tradition. The three books (The Beginning, The Broken, and The Burning) is a love story planted in a wartime antiquated setting of steampunkery and American history.

 

The Beginning
When Cornelius Prower met a young first mate and his insane captain at the Boston Harbor Parade, he did not imagine becoming the mechanic for a rogue airship or the only person in the newly re-united nation who can stop a terrible plot for war. But Prower’s resolve, paired with Captain Abigail Henley’s stupidity, may haphazardly propel them into the adventure of an era.

 

The Broken
With Quinn Adams now embedded in the government, a rescue attempt gone terribly wrong, and a Galvanic secret lying undiscovered, Abigail and Cornelius have been branded as the villainous Bloody Captain and Mad Inventor. Abigail now must turn to her Spiderweb Network to begin the rebellion against Adams and his army. But when death strikes the Arabella and Abigail finds herself without a ship, the two must embark into the unknown to round up familiar friends and unfamiliar dangers.

 

The Burning
A wedding is held in Boston. An ally is murdered in Virginia. An airship burns in Denver. A captain is lost.  And only one clockmaker can bring back the Union.