Harry Takes Off: Astounding Stories of Adventure (Iron Pegasus Book 1)
Two sisters. One ornithopter. The African Savannah. And one Army. Get Book 2 in the series while it's on offer. It's 1896. Harriet (Harry) Edgbaston and her sister Khuwelsa enjoy their life flitting around the grasslands of East Africa in the ornithopter her father bought for her. But on a...
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Two sisters. One ornithopter. The African Savannah. And one Army.
Get Book 2 in the series while it's on offer.
It's 1896. Harriet (Harry) Edgbaston and her sister Khuwelsa enjoy their life flitting around the grasslands of East Africa in the ornithopter her father bought for her.
But on a trip to see Lieutenant Schmidt of the German Army they become mixed up in what looks like becoming a major war. Escaping from captivity they must try to warn their father in Zanzibar - but who will believe a couple of teenage girls?
Now includes bonus story: Journey into Space, 1874
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9781910342176
ASIN: B00UIGJ4LW
Publish date: 2015-03-30
Publisher: Tau Press
Pages no: 181
Edition language: English
Harry Takes Off is a really enjoyable, historical, steampunk story — with an ornithopter! I enjoy all those aspects, and I love that the author doesn't cram any one of them down the reader's throat with too much description and exposition. The stakes are continually raised, which makes it necessaryt...