After fleeing London, the crew of the Horizon finds themselves out of work, luck, and money. However, there are plenty of opportunities for a brave captain willing to risk his airship and crew transporting military supplies in Crimea. War is building across Europe, and tens of thousands of soldiers are dropping dead from starvation and disease across the Crimean peninsula. With the Horizon's strength and the resoluteness of her captain and crew, the airship can keep soldiers alive and assist with the war efforts. With time running out to pay his blood debt on the Horizon, Captain Roberts is compelled to risk all in Crimea, pushing his men and airship through raging battlefields, ferocious cold, and attacking Russian airships. But perhaps most dangerous is the cunning, beautiful reporter who pursues the Horizon across nations, keeping the airship splayed across London's newspapers while highlighting the monstrosities of the Crimean War for all Europe to read.
About the Author: Melissa Ann Conroy grew up in the wilds of Nebraska in a suburb surrounded by corn and feral turkeys. She promptly fled her hometown at eighteen for college and international travel until the realities of in-state tuition eventually drew her back home. At various points of time, Melissa has wandered across Mexico, Honduras, Canada, Spain, Morocco, England, Scotland, Belgium, France and Gibraltar. She spent a month studying abroad at the University of Oxford (which mainly involved eating scones and punting down the Thames), was nearly kidnapped by a camel in Tangier, narrowly missed falling off a cliff in Tegucigalpa, and was held up by a thieving Barbary Macaque in Gibraltar. Melissa has held an odd collection of jobs over the years. She earned a B.A. and M.A. in medieval English literature and taught college-level composition courses for several years. She spend a year in front of the camera as an ESL instructor on a weekly English-learning TV show and worked as a producer for an international education organization. Currently, she is a medical helicopter dispatcher. When she isn't writing, Melissa is usually outside on her bike, putting together steampunk costumes, or spending time with friends and family. She holds a black belt in Japanese sword-fighting, likes to cosplay River Song from Doctor Who, and is a decent low soprano.