Aethosphere Chronicles by Jeremiah D. Schmidt (3 shorst stories)
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Overview: Jeremiah D. Schmidt was born in Minnesota in the early 80’s, raised in Maine during the 90’s, and has frequented Florida when New England winters have proven tiresome. He attended the University of Maine at Orono during a time when the Black Bears hockey team was winning, and received his bachelor’s degree in Anthropology back when a liberal arts degree seemed like a good idea.
In the years since, he’s worked as a furniture maker, a cinema projectionist, a grounds keeper, a GIS map technician, and an autobiography writer (writing autobiographies in the third person). He’s always had a passion for storytelling, not verbally though (he was much to shy for that), and so handcrafted many a book in his childhood. Later, he would start to flush these stories out, after realizing they wouldn’t write themselves, and that carrying drywall is a miserable job.
Genre: Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk
[i]These chronicles outline particular events in the lives of some of the main (and not so main) characters of Aethosphere. Delve into the past to enrich the present, and uncover the future of what’s in store for our heroes and villains found in the main storyline.[/img]
Aethosphere Chronicles: Winds of Duty
The Great Skies War rages through the Inner clusters, threatening to spill into the Sargasso Sky now that Midport has fallen and King’s Straight lays wide open to the hungry jaws of the Iron Empire…
Off in a quiet corner of the Erie Expanse, the Royal Airship Chimera is on a deadly mission of its own, far from the front lines but with more profound ramifications for the Unified Kingdoms of Ascella should they fail. Tensions are already running high among this brave crew of aeronauts, but as their mission objective draws closer it’s only made worse under the tyrannical leadership of Lord Captain Moore.
When Moore’s sinister intentions become known to the crew, things take a deadly turn. Chaos, mutiny, and mayhem run rampant above and below decks, leaving an unlikely ensign by the name of Bar Bazzon to hold the beleaguered airship together.
Already fighting against nearly impossible odds to restore order, this reluctant hero finds those odds stacked further against him when an imperial hunter-killer appears on the scene.
Aethosphere Chronicles: The Rat Warrens
On the dystopian isle of Junction, those occupying the foundation slums of the Rat Warrens live a hard life shrouded in near-perpetual darkness.
Fen Tunk is one such unfortunate youth. He’s a scavenger and a gang runner, who might have just found his fortunes changing after he snatches a sack-full of cash from an unwary courier. But, what at first seems like his ticket out of the darkness, ends up plunging him deeper than he could have ever imagined.
As the slum around Fen teeters closer and closer towards violence and upheaval, he tries to stay one step ahead of the local gangster and his bruisers, the imperial whistlers, and other mischief gangs prowling the under-streets and access ways. But who can Fen turn to when things start to get complicated? His scrounger sister, who spends her days climbing through the Warren garbage heaps looking for bits of flotsam to sell, or his long-time gang mates who take what they want? Does he side with a charismatic merchant with his promises of wealth, or does he slip back into obscurity to stay clear of the butcher’s clippers? Does he even have a choice? Only the Gutter Lady and her cards seem to hold the answers.
In the end, climbing out of the Rat Warrens requires walking a fine line with finesse; step too far in one direction, and one can find oneself falling over the precipice.
Aethosphere Chronicles: Storm of Chains
Drish Larken used to be a noble, used to live a life of ease in the royal court of the Unified Kingdoms of Ascellan, but all that changed the day the Hierarchs and their Iron Empire descended over the capital of Throne, laying siege with airborne juggernauts and land-based assault machines. With the Great Skies War lost and the Iron occupation solidified, dramatic changes have come to the former Ascellan capital, and now Drish’s life is defined by what he’s not, and a hero is definitely at the top of that list.
However, while working late one night, Drish’s paradigm of willful collaboration and blind acceptance is put to the test when he intercepts an imperial arrest order, with not only the name of his estranged father on it, but him as well. Panicked and seeking absolution, Drish goes on the run, plunging into the seedy underbelly of the Ascellan Resistance to find the answers he needs to restore his name.
Will teaming up with a sprightly young woman and a notorious pirate be the solution he seeks? Or, in an effort to protect his future, will he betray those that fight for freedom in order to climb back into the comfortable folds of the Iron Empire?
Storm of Chains is a novella length book and part of the Aethosphere Chronicles, which follows the past exploits of some of the main characters from Aethosphere. In this installment we uncover the singular event that would bring Drish Larken aboard the Chimera.
Don’t worry if you haven’t had any prior exposure to Aethosphere, or any of the Chronicles, as this tale has been written to stand alone.
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