“Funny, exciting, hugely inventive — using facts in the fiction to invite one to wonder about reality. Bloody genius.” — Caz Tricks, Stony Radio
The world Gordon Periwinkle built is gone. A third of humanity with it. And his daughter Boudicca refuses to believe he’s dead.
England, 1901. The Ad Astra War and the Great Solar Storms that followed have done what no enemy ever managed — broken Britain. The monarchy is in hiding. The emergency government is holding on by its fingernails. Thirty percent of the world’s population didn’t survive what happened, and the ones who did are figuring out how to live in the wreckage.
Gordon Periwinkle is listed among the missing. Presumed dead by almost everyone.
Not by Boudicca. His daughter isn’t interested in presumptions. She wants answers — and she’s going to pull on every thread, follow every lead, and drag the truth out of Penhalligan’s Pier whether the new world wants her to or not.
The Gin Wars is a different kind of Periwinkle story. Darker, built on loss rather than triumph. The wit survived. So did the invention. But Eccentric is doing something bolder here: showing what happens to a world after the heroes have gone, and whether the next generation has what it takes to find them.
“A real roller coaster of Steampunkery adventure from one page to the next. An absolute must for hardcore Steampunks and lighthearted titervaters alike.” — Dean Turner, character model and Captain Gordon Periwinkle
Read the hexalogy first? This pays off everything. New to Periwinkle? Jump in here — you can always go back. Eccentric practically dares you to.