The Liberty and Forbidden Collection

Six steampunk stories set in a dystopian future where a great war has pushed the reset button over the entire planet. The once huge cities are now just empty shells that are dangerous places to visit. The few remaining survivors have little to eat and have only meager resources at their disposal.

In these six stories, Liberty, Boy, Harmony and Rat are changing this barren world one story at a time.

Finding Liberty - To survive in a war-torn, barren world, Aapeli has created a rule for every situation. He doesn't feel like he's missing anything in his life until he rescues an abandoned child from a group of crazed mountain men. Over the years the little girl shakes up his organized world by questioning all of his rules.

The Making of Boy - Tinker's family was gifted with the safekeeping of the last known photos of the world, its people, plant life and animals. When Tinker realizes he's close to dying, he passes this duty on to the only one left in his family, a tiny robot named Boy.

I Will Breathe - Liberty has grown up an airship built by her adopted father. Since his death, each day is just another day trying to survive in a hostile environment. That is until her father's dying friend asks if she'll take custody of a small, child-like robot.

Into Forbidden - Since The Great War, the world has become a barren and unfriendly place. If Harmony didn't already know that, she certainly does the moment she winds up in the walled-off city of Freedom.

An Ill Wind - On a trip up the east coast an unexpected storm pulls Harmony's airship out into the open ocean. Even though she struggles to keep Airus airborne, the strong winds are too much and it crashes into the ocean.

A Man Called Rat - When a storm sends Rat's airship off course, he lands smack dab in the middle of a group of dimwitted kidnappers. With the help of his two best friends, a nine-hundred-year-old robot and a droid who always believes they're on the verge of dying, Rat escapes the kidnappers. While the rescue should have been the end of the story, he uncovers a secret that turns his life upside down and sets the entire world on a different course.