The Adventures of Solaire, Part XII: Elysium Issues I

By Noah Hoffmann

An ongoing series of fantasy adventures, “The Adventures of Solaire '' tells the story of the dread pirate Captain Solaire Ravenheart and his tales all across Lorian, from the steam-powered world of Dinas to the magical superpower of Archone. What follows is every deed of sabotage, back-stabbing, intimidation, piracy, demon-summoning, automaton-killing, government-toppling, crew wrangling, and general defiance he committed in his quest for his ultimate goal: to save his sister River.

When Weiss decides that Solaire's ego needs to be taken down a few pegs, he relies on his Chief Engineer to take care of it. Predictably, things become chaotic from there,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noah Hoffmann
• Release date: May 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463583968

Noah Hoffmann

A mild-mannered truck driver by day, I spend my nights writing mostly at an attempt to convince the last few shreds of sanity I have not to jump ship with the rest. When I'm not doing that, you can usually find me playing tabletop rpgs, raiding the "50 cents" section of bookstores, and generally committing similar acts to solidify my reputation as a "huge nerd." Otherwise, my time is spent caring for my loving and intelligent-deficit dog Slade and yelling at you for cutting me off in traffic.

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The Incredible Yet Accurate Adventures of the Dread Pirate Captain Solaire Ravenheart,

Otherwise known as

The Adventures of Solaire

Part XII: Elysium Issues i

By Noah Hoffmann

Published by Noah Hoffmann and distributed by Smashwords

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Other series by Noah Hoffmann:

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A horror mystery series set across the United States

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Part XII: Elysium Issues i

The Incredible Yet Accurate Adventures of the Dread Pirate Captain Solaire Ravenheart

Otherwise known as…

The Adventures of Solaire

Part XII

Elysium Issues i

Dinas  is a land that worships technology. That is no idle statement or exaggerated metaphor, friends; the average citizen of Dinas puts more faith and trust into automated systems that they do not understand than a foaming-at-the-mouth cultist puts into their dark god Bane, Master and Ruler of the Void. And that loyalty is absolute, for even though the insurance offices record more ‘act s of god’ happening to the various mechanical miracles of Dinas than anything else in that kingdom, the technology itself is never given the blame. It is always the weather, or the timing, or the judgment call used, but the machinery itself is always recorded as ‘operating perfectly’.

(It is  rather interesting to note, though, that most of these claims usually record some variation of ‘and then a booming voice could be heard shouting ‘FOOLISH MORTALS!’’ It appears that competition in the