Andrew P. Mayer is the author of The Falling Machine and Hearts of Smoke and Steam, books 1 and 2 of the The Society of Steam trilogy. He is also the author of a short comic story titled "Creepy: Om Nom Nom" published by Dark Horse Comics that was anthologized in Myspace Dark Horse Presents, vol. 3, and in New Creepy Anthology. He is the chief creative officer for Mob Science games, where he creates social games for Facebook. Previously he worked as a game designer and creative director for Sony Psygnosis, the Cartoon Network, and PlayFirst. Visit him online at www.andrewpmayer.com
"The Falling Machine is quite simply the coolest steampunk
superhero book I've ever read. . . . Imagine if Gangs of New York
had been directed by Jules Verne, instead of Martin Scorsese, [and]
you're probably not too far off."
- Portland Book Review "If Stan Lee had lived in the 1880s, [The
Falling Machine] is the book he would have written- steampunk
superheroes. Filled with larger-than-life characters, cliff-hanger
action, and ingenious gadgets so richly realized you'll feel the
steam hissing from them, at its heart, it's a two-fisted meditation
on the mythic glories of heroism and the tragic frailties of the
heroes themselves."
-Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith, authors of the Vampire Empire
trilogy "[A] glorious conceit. . . steampunk superheroes in Gilded
Age New York City. [The Falling Machine] offers cocked-eyed
adventure and the high camp of steampunk wrapped around a story of
moral choice, family loyalty, and the ultimate question of who gets
to be counted as a person. A ripping yarn that strikes all the
right notes, [it] will delight and entertain you."
-Jay Lake, Campbell Award-winning author of Mainspring and Green
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