The Tyrant Rises

The fate of Europe is in the balance.

1815. Wellington retreats from Waterloo. The Napoleonic War becomes The Rambling War.

1853. Europe is broke and France is ruled by a puppet government that answers to both Prussia & Great Britain. The embers of outright revolution are inflamed by an unknown force, with Wilhelm Stieber, the sneakiest and cleverest agent of them all, chief amongst the suspects. Who is he working for? And how can they possibly use revolution to their own ends? Who is the power behind the forces of revolution? And can it be vanquished?

William Hope finds himself in a secret technological weapons facility. The only problem is that it is run by Brocklehurst, a traitor to the nation. He is working with an arcane fiend called Rune, and it desires the Lady Amara. Brocklehurst's only option is to kill William, who must find a way to escape.

Amara is taken from her home and enslaved to imbue an automaton army with the souls of the dead. The automata are virtually indestructible, and anyone owning them may just own Europe. She may hold the key to defeating them. After all, she did enable their creation. But what can a slave girl do?

William and Amara must team up - with Brocklehurst's valet, Bob - to identify and defeat the threat to Europe.

The first book in an alternate European history tale; a thought provoking, white-knuckle ride that expands to encompass the whole of Europe