'The fifteen thrilling and ingenious tales take the familiar genre of steampunk in exciting new directions, following women from across the globe and through pasts that never were (but could have been) on their search for money, adventure, prestige, freedom, and the love of another woman. Here you'll meet a Moroccan airship engineer and an English diplomat who receive a cryptic message and an exploding music box, a librarian who doubts her God, a Malaysian shipping clerk who dreams of adventure, a terracotta bride from the Tenth Circle of Hell, and an aeronaut on her way to certain death and a surprising discovery, along with many more. Though they hail from across the globe and universes far away, each of them is driven to follow her own path to independence and to romance. The women of Steam-Powered 2 push steampunk to its limits and beyond.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Described by its author as 'A look at colonialism, the logistics of steampunk in South East Asia, and love when one of you believes you are inherently superior.'
Source:
Author's blog (https://stephanielai.net/2014/03/30/one-last-interruption-before-we-begin). (Sighted: 13/01/2017)
