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Nimbus: A Steampunk Novel (Part 1)
Try the first novella in the bestselling serial novel for free! NIMBUS is steampunk for people who don't know they like steampunk, as well as being steampunk for people who already love steampunk! NIMBUS is steampunk fantasy like you've never read before, and this is the first steampunk novella in a four-part serial. The collected edition of all four novellas is available now as a complete standalone novel. B00CA67A64 Seedy corporations and airship factions, demons and rogues, zealots and thieves… Nimbus is an epic fantasy tale of power, greed, and corruption. Jude Finley is a new recruit aboard the Gangly Dirigible, an airship that extracts water from rain clouds. While working aboard the ship, Jude and his friends uncover a secret which may or may not help them against a growing uprising that could spell doom for everyone on the planet. Meanwhile, Demetrius Rucca, the wheelchair-bound son of a prominent religious leader, begins recruiting followers for his own subversive cause. As allegiances are sworn to him and his followers grow, he begins to discover the new powers that lie within him. This power could be the salvation Demetrius is looking for–or it could be the destruction of the known world. Whether you're looking for sky pirates or steampunk magic, Nimbus is the young adult steampunk adventure that has it all. And be sure not to miss the new follow-up series of steampunk novellas--Stratus takes place three years after the events of Nimbus. You'll see old friends and new faces, explore deep under the deathly fog and into the Burrows, and just maybe hear a few new steampunk tales you'll want to share with your friends.
137 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 27, 2012
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About the author
Austin King
26 books11 followersAustin King has spent time as a musician, tutor, and teacher. He lives with his wife, Grace, in a house full of animals.
He is the co-author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, NIMBUS: A STEAMPUNK NOVEL. He is also the author of A SCATTERED WIND, the first book in his fantasy series The Hinterland. He has written the prequel novella to Nimbus, FRACTUS, and is currently working on the next book in The Hinterland series.
He is the co-author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, NIMBUS: A STEAMPUNK NOVEL. He is also the author of A SCATTERED WIND, the first book in his fantasy series The Hinterland. He has written the prequel novella to Nimbus, FRACTUS, and is currently working on the next book in The Hinterland series.
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June 24, 2018
This is a fast paced, exciting story. I loved it!
Full of excitement and drama, this story kept me riveted to my seat. I loved the characters and the interplay between them. A crippled young man with asperations to fly a derigable. Another young man working on a derigable, who is getting into things that are dangerous but thrilling.
Water is an extremely valued commodity. It is sucked straight from clouds and processed into drinking water. No one lives on the ground because of the dangers of the fog. A highly corrosive fog that eats through flesh rapidly and kills quickly.
People live either underground or in the sky, where conditions seem to be in various stages of delapidation. Peoples lives are dictated by where they live.
This was a book to get your teeth into. Full of interest and drama. I loved it!
Full of excitement and drama, this story kept me riveted to my seat. I loved the characters and the interplay between them. A crippled young man with asperations to fly a derigable. Another young man working on a derigable, who is getting into things that are dangerous but thrilling.
Water is an extremely valued commodity. It is sucked straight from clouds and processed into drinking water. No one lives on the ground because of the dangers of the fog. A highly corrosive fog that eats through flesh rapidly and kills quickly.
People live either underground or in the sky, where conditions seem to be in various stages of delapidation. Peoples lives are dictated by where they live.
This was a book to get your teeth into. Full of interest and drama. I loved it!
April 26, 2020
Very Good Steampunk Book
Thos was my second steampunk read and I gotta say, it was really good. Only opportunity I saw was too many characters introduced in the first chapter. However, this wasnt enough to give four star rating. Definitely worth more than free but it hooks you.
Thos was my second steampunk read and I gotta say, it was really good. Only opportunity I saw was too many characters introduced in the first chapter. However, this wasnt enough to give four star rating. Definitely worth more than free but it hooks you.
February 7, 2022
Just finished this and I loved it! Awesome world that I need to know more about. Great characters that I’m invested in. A flesh eating fog, fog monsters, tyrannical government…. This is going to be an amazing adventure if this first instalment is any indication
May 3, 2020
Couldn't finish it, too complex. I love steampunk but this was too complex and descriptive constantly.
June 28, 2014
This review is for Part 3 of this serialized Steampunk fantasy. This will contain spoilers for the first two parts. If you wish to get the background to Part 3, you may wish to read my reviews for Parts 1 & 2.
The 3rd Part of Nimbus follows the form of the 1st two parts. Each chapter alternates between the characters Jude Finley and Demetrius Rucca and the respective fawns that have bonded with them. Jude's fawn keeps Jude alive even though Jude is shot dead in an aborted mutiny by some of the crew of the Gangly Dirigible. Rucca's fawn gives Rucca extraordinary power to destroy all who oppose him.
Jude and Rucca embark on a course where they confront each other in the capital port of their skyworld. The two fawn recognize each other when the two human hosts confront each other. The fawns were enemies in the time before their races encounter with humans. Thus we are set up for the final conflict between them as well as their human hosts.
I have enjoyed seeing how the two human characters have been developed in these parts. Rucca is particularly interesting to me. He is far from a one dimensional character. At times, Rucca demonstrates care for the people he encounters, especially for those who are the underdogs and rejected who see in him a leader who can challenge those in power. Rucca has been marginalized during most of his life, and he strikes back at those who have marginalized him, in a very horrible way.
Jude is an underdog having escaped the world of those living underground by becoming a water harvested on a ship, pure water being the most valuable commodity on this planet. His fawn is not interested in power. He simply wishes to find his family. Jude lost his family when Rucca destroys a air station that in turn kills all those living underground including Jude's family.
The technology is not so well developed. In fact, the chief function of technological elements like the air stations and mechanical devices is to provide the characters with something to destroy.
The 3rd Part of Nimbus follows the form of the 1st two parts. Each chapter alternates between the characters Jude Finley and Demetrius Rucca and the respective fawns that have bonded with them. Jude's fawn keeps Jude alive even though Jude is shot dead in an aborted mutiny by some of the crew of the Gangly Dirigible. Rucca's fawn gives Rucca extraordinary power to destroy all who oppose him.
Jude and Rucca embark on a course where they confront each other in the capital port of their skyworld. The two fawn recognize each other when the two human hosts confront each other. The fawns were enemies in the time before their races encounter with humans. Thus we are set up for the final conflict between them as well as their human hosts.
I have enjoyed seeing how the two human characters have been developed in these parts. Rucca is particularly interesting to me. He is far from a one dimensional character. At times, Rucca demonstrates care for the people he encounters, especially for those who are the underdogs and rejected who see in him a leader who can challenge those in power. Rucca has been marginalized during most of his life, and he strikes back at those who have marginalized him, in a very horrible way.
Jude is an underdog having escaped the world of those living underground by becoming a water harvested on a ship, pure water being the most valuable commodity on this planet. His fawn is not interested in power. He simply wishes to find his family. Jude lost his family when Rucca destroys a air station that in turn kills all those living underground including Jude's family.
The technology is not so well developed. In fact, the chief function of technological elements like the air stations and mechanical devices is to provide the characters with something to destroy.
July 9, 2016
As far as steampunk goes it gets it more or less correct. The world building is pretty good but there isn't much of a world to build. The writing itself is good for the most part but the action is slip shod. There are scenes where the Gangly Dirigible flies into a storm to harvest the water in the clouds that is written well. Later there is a fight scene between one of the main characters (Demetrius Rucca) and a handful of sailors that is so passive and boring I put it down and went to do something else.
My biggest problem however is the fact that I don't care at all for any of the characters. I wanted to like Jude, but I wasn't given a reason to. I cannot stand Rucca or his father. Then there is the cacophony of characters on board the Gangly Dirigible introduced so fast that it gets confusing.
My biggest problem however is the fact that I don't care at all for any of the characters. I wanted to like Jude, but I wasn't given a reason to. I cannot stand Rucca or his father. Then there is the cacophony of characters on board the Gangly Dirigible introduced so fast that it gets confusing.
January 18, 2016
I really did enjoy it... Would love to find out what happens next.
Just don't know it "ain't" should really be part of the vocabulary of the time.
Just don't know it "ain't" should really be part of the vocabulary of the time.
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July 25, 2016Quite a ride
A thrilling tale of what the future world may hold. Gripping, kept me wanting for more. Author spins a good tale.
A thrilling tale of what the future world may hold. Gripping, kept me wanting for more. Author spins a good tale.
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January 16, 2017A steam punk book
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A steampunk novel
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