The Rocks of Aserol

In Norlandia, a world of Steam and Clockwork, one man knows too much...Horis Strongman, from the Ministry of Coal, discovers a secret, deep underground.It could change the world, but anything that alters the balance of power will strike fear into the elite.They want him and those around him silenced, by any means. He's blamed for a disaster and forced to run for his life.He has allies. Maloney, an ex-soldier with a mechanical arm and Grace, the chambermaid from his hotel.There is nobody else he can trust.They must keep him alive, to help him prove his innocence.One thing is for certain. His life, and Norlandia itself, will never be the same again.Read it now, then continue the adventure in the sequel, A New Life in Ventis."An old-fashioned adventure in the tradition of HG Wells and Jules Verne." Amazon review."What an absolutely fantastic read. Every turn of the page fuelled my imagination.""The good guys are likeable; the bad guys detestable, a damsel is in distress and the white knight is on his way to save her. What else could a reader want?" I'm Richard Dee and I'm from Brixham in Devon.I write all kinds of speculative fiction, from Science Fiction and Steampunk to sci-fi crime and psychological thrillers.Forty years at sea gave me the ideas, I just changed the names and set them in the future, or an alternative now.All my work is fuelled by black coffee and homemade digestive biscuits.