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The 20th anniversary edition of the traditional steampunk book With fresh discourse by the authors 1855: The Industrial Revolution is entirely swing, run by water-driven cybernetic Motors. His Analytical Engine is perfected by Charles Babbage, and the computer era comes a hundred years in front of its time. Three remarkable figures competition toward a rendezvous with the near future: Sybil Gerard—fallen lady, politician’s tart, child of the Luddite agitator; Ed “Leviathan” paleontologist and Mallory—explorer; Laurence mystic, Oliphant—diplomat, and traveler. Their journey starts with the development of a field of punched Motor cards of unknown origin and function.