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The Mechanician's Apprentice

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Reads 408
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Parts 14
Time 3h 5m

adventure engineering historical mystery science steampunk

Smuggled from an orphanage under the cover of darkness, a young boy is thrown into a world of engineering and intrigue where airships soar in the skies and strange mechanical men lurk in the shadows.

Paying homage to likes of Robert Louis Stevenson and Philip Pullman, this is steampunk for people that don't do steampunk.All Rights Reserved

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