In the mid-1870s, a violent spray of comets hits Earth, decimating cities, erasing shorelines, and changing the worldβs climate forever. And just as Earthβs temperature dropped, so was civilization frozen in time. Instead of advancing technologically, humanity had to piece itself back togetherβ¦
In the twenty-first century, boats still run on steam, messages arrive by telegraph, and the British Empire, with its capital now in Delhi, controls much of the world. The other major world leader is the Czar of All the Russias. Everyone predicts an eventual, deadly showdown. But no one can predict the role that one man, Captain Athelstane King, reluctant spy and hero, will playβ¦
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