I’m the guest on this week the SF Signal podcast. Patrick Hester and I discuss a wide range of topics in and around steampunk, and there’s some in-depth discussion on how I put the book together, and why. You can find it here.
About Andrew P. Mayer
Andrew Mayer was born on the tiny island of Manhattan, and is still fascinated by their strange customs and simple ways.
When he’s not writing new stories he works as a videogame designer and digital entertainment consultant. Over the years he has has created numerous concepts, characters, and worlds including the original Dogz and Catz digital pets.
These days he resides in Oakland, CA where he spends too much time on the internet, and not enough time playing his ukulele.
Current Project
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In 1880 women aren’t allowed to vote, much less dress up in a costume and fight crime, but twenty-year-old socialite Sarah Stanton still dreams of becoming a hero. Her opportunity arrives in tragedy when the leader of the Society of Paragons, New York’s greatest team of gentlemen adventurers, is murdered right before her eyes. To uncover the truth behind the assassination, Sarah joins forces with the amazing mechanical man known as The Automaton. Together they unmask a conspiracy at the heart of the Paragons that reveals the world of heroes and high-society is built on a crumbling foundation of greed and lies. When Sarah comes face to face with the megalomaniacal villain behind the murder, she must discover if she has the courage to sacrifice her life of privilege and save her clockwork friend.
The Falling Machine (The Society of Steam, Book One) takes place in a Victorian New York powered by the discovery of Fortified Steam, a substance that allows ordinary men to wield extraordinary abilities, and grant powers that can corrupt gentlemen of great moral strength. The secret behind this amazing substance is something that wicked brutes will gladly kill for and one that Sarah must try and protect, no matter what the cost.
