Aetheric Mechanics is a graphic novella created by Eagle Award–winning writer Warren Ellis. It is 48 pages long, illustrated in black and white by Gianluca Pagliarani, and retailing at $6.99. It was published by Avatar Press in October 2008 (although the indicia include a September 2008 publication date).
Aetheric Mechanics is set in an alternate history March 1907, where steampunk technology is advanced far beyond the technology of the modern re...
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Aetheric Mechanics is a graphic novella created by Eagle Award–winning writer Warren Ellis. It is 48 pages long, illustrated in black and white by Gianluca Pagliarani, and retailing at $6.99. It was published by Avatar Press in October 2008 (although the indicia include a September 2008 publication date).
Aetheric Mechanics is set in an alternate history March 1907, where steampunk technology is advanced far beyond the technology of the modern real world, including two-way television communications, air- and spacecraft powered by reactionless drives, and large combat mecha. The British Empire (which in this setting, includes realms on other planets) is engaged in a war against Ruritania. The war is not going favorably for Britain; however, the British government is covering up just how badly the war is going, including the fact that Ruritania is preparing an invasion of Britain.
Dr. Robert Watcham, a captain and doctor in the British army on the French front, returns to London at the...
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