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    Arm's Length: A Petronaut Tale From The Bulwark Squad
    Arm's Length: A Petronaut Tale From The Bulwark Squad
    Arm's Length: A Petronaut Tale From The Bulwark Squad
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    Arm's Length: A Petronaut Tale From The Bulwark Squad

    By Ben Rovik

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    Sir Roland of the Bulwark squad has an armored suit built to take enormous punishment so his comrades don’t have to. When the Delian schooner Granite comes under attack from two corsair clippers, Roland and his tech are duty-bound to defend the sailors and civilians on board. But keeping the pirates at arm’s length is going to take some unorthodox measures...

    Petronaut Tales tell the stories of the Petronauts of Delia, inventors and adventurers who have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of knowledge. From the mighty motorized suits of the Shock Troops to the flying machines of the Aerials to the everyday breakthroughs of the Civics, each of the eight squads has its own specialty and its own culture. And the 'nauts and technicians who make up the eight squads all have their own adventures...

    A companion series to Mechanized Wizardry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBen Rovik
    Release dateNov 24, 2012
    ISBN9781301047734
    Arm's Length: A Petronaut Tale From The Bulwark Squad
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    Ben Rovik

    Ben Rovik is the scrappy young author of the "Mechanized Wizardry" series. The Petronauts, a cadre of gas-powered knights and visionary inventors, upend the way their world works when they build machines that can cast magic spells at the flick of a switch. Suddenly, magic's not just for wizards anymore. Can the Petronauts control the technology they've created and make their city, Delia, more powerful than ever? Or will the new technology create a magical arms race and destabilize the world?"The Wizard That Wasn't" and "The Mask And The Master" are Books One and Two of the series, available as ebooks here on Smashwords.He lives outside of Washington, D.C. with his wife, two cats, and a great deal of wine. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University.

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