Former US Army lieutenant of artillery, Jules ‘Oculus’ Jones, has a fascination for clocks, watches, magnetism, and steam. Realizing he could put his passions into reality, Oculus resigned from the US Army in 1895 and used his connections in the War Department to create an agency he named ‘The Office of Curiosity Studies and Strategic Implementation.’ With a staff consisting of a crotchety, gout-ridden, steam engineer and a one-eyed cat, he did not know how soon forces beyond his control would put his office and his ideas to the test.
In 1896, Major Balzar, his crew of Prussian mercenaries, and a steam-powered airship set out to establish a hidden cell in the western hemisphere where the German High Command could prepare for a war that the world’s leaders knew was coming. As Balzar and his mercenaries covertly establish their presence in Cuba, Oculus finds himself, along with an ex-Pinkerton operative, a former New York City detective, and a current Secret Service special agent, Detective Grady Pettimore, in a life-and-death struggle in the skies over Cuba, and beyond.
Genre: Thriller
In 1896, Major Balzar, his crew of Prussian mercenaries, and a steam-powered airship set out to establish a hidden cell in the western hemisphere where the German High Command could prepare for a war that the world’s leaders knew was coming. As Balzar and his mercenaries covertly establish their presence in Cuba, Oculus finds himself, along with an ex-Pinkerton operative, a former New York City detective, and a current Secret Service special agent, Detective Grady Pettimore, in a life-and-death struggle in the skies over Cuba, and beyond.
Genre: Thriller
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