The Adventures of Solaire, Part XIII: Elysium Issues II

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.

With a malfunctioning construct loose on the ship and Solaire's crewmates risking their lives to stop it, Solaire himself pursues what's truly important: the location of his sister River.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noah Hoffmann
• Release date: Aug 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005743345

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 XIII: Elysium Issues ii

By Noah Hoffmann

Published by Noah Hoffmann and distributed by Smashwords

Copywrite 2020 by Noah Hoffmann

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Other series by Noah Hoffmann:

Creepy America

A horror mystery series set across the United States

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Part XII: Elysium Issues ii

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

Otherwise known as…

The Adventures of Solaire

Part XIII

Elysium Issues ii

Between  the publication of this story and the last, I have been contacted by my publisher’s legal team, who have helpfully reminded me of a few facts that need to be cleared up:

First, there is no proof that there are any malfunctions exist in the Elysium engines that power many of the airships, trains, constructs, and various other sundry mechanisms in Dinas, the same engines that are described in these stories here.

Second, that any malfunctions that these engines do  have are certainly not this strange, rebellious sentience that I write about.

Third, that even  if that specific malfunction was  possible, the engines we use nowadays are several generations removed from Wiess’ original prototypes, so surely the kinks must be worked out by now.

And last but certainly not least, that despite the countless hours I have poured into verifying the historical accuracy of this tale, publishing such outright lies obviously founded on similar baseless rumors that have been heard around Dinas in this present day and age could indict me of slander, and as a small side note, land me and my publisher in a lot of hot water that could take a quite a