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The Silk Empress

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Pub Date Dec 11 2022 | Archive Date May 15 2023
Josef Matulich | Dalmatian Alley Books

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Description

The boy called “Pig”, grew up reading stories of airships and boy adventurers in penny dreadfuls. At twelve he finds himself orphaned and apprenticed to Feng Po McLaren, semi reformed air-pirate, first mate of the airship Wu Zetian along the High Silk Road between China and Europe. Now he is facing air pirates, rebels, five unusual women of dangerous abilities, and a clockwork dragon.

This seemed all so much easier in the books.


The boy called “Pig”, grew up reading stories of airships and boy adventurers in penny dreadfuls. At twelve he finds himself orphaned and apprenticed to Feng Po McLaren, semi reformed air-pirate...


Advance Praise

"The Silk Empress” has everything such a story needs; a young, engaging, intrepid, bit of a wise-guy hero, hissable villains, and a lot of great mentor figures made of various crusty-but-lovable timber. 

Sheldon Gleisser, author of “Dianasaurus Rex”

The Silk Empress by Josef Matulich is a complex and exciting Steampunk adventure following young Algie in 1889 in a world were lighter than air ships rule.

The spot illustrations by Seith Lyons capture the Pennydreadful energy of the story which never lets up as our hero negotiates adventure after adventure from the literal heights of the flying fortress The Wu Zetian (Red Lantern) to a dungeon, caravanserais, strange cities and beyond and from China to South Africa.

If you are looking for exotic adventure and daring-do escapes you cannot find a better choice than Master writer Matulich’s The Silk Empress!!!

Teel James Glenn, author of “Gaslight Magick”


"The Silk Empress” has everything such a story needs; a young, engaging, intrepid, bit of a wise-guy hero, hissable villains, and a lot of great mentor figures made of various crusty-but-lovable...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798218061555
PRICE $15.99 (USD)
PAGES 332

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