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Kingdom of Clockwork Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

When the oil and gas ran out, civilisation collapsed. Now, centuries later on, mankind is once more beginning to discover the secrets of the past … starting with clockwork.

In another Denmark, the King’s clockmaker becomes enmeshed within a web of court intrigue and undertakes a fateful trip towards the Far North, where he encounters many strange phenomena that challenge his rational nature.

Kingdom of Clockwork is a research fiction/steampunk novel by Billy O’Shea. The storyplot takes place in a about Kingdom of Clockwork quasi-medieval society that comes up in Scandinavia following the new Dark Ages. Lacking fossil fuels and knowledge of history technology, the brand new kingdoms of the northern lands can only just draw upon the energy of the wind, which they store using clockwork. However the King of Kantarborg includes a plan to mine other secrets of days gone by, and weaves a young court clockmaker into his dangerous schemes.

Kingdom of Clockwork continues to be described as alternate history, historical dream and steampunk”. It really is a quirky, intriguing, slightly whimsical tale of cause, magic and human being cunning. The storyplot combines true Scandinavian background and locations with plane tickets of extravagant, both literal and metaphorical.

Vol. 1 in the Kantarborg Chronicles series