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Is part of Tesla Evolution Mark Lingane , 2013 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Tesla
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'Cyberpunk vs Steampunk: the battle is on. Welcome to the evolution. Book 1 in the award winning science fiction series, the Tesla Evolution. Set a millennia in the future, nuclear war has wiped out much of civilization in the northern hemisphere. The planet has slowly been getting hotter and water is becoming a rare resource. Out of the ruins of a civilization that has collapsed in on itself, have arisen a new breed of people - those with the power to control magnetism. Seb, a young orphan boy from a quiet rural town, is being hunted by strange part-machine, part-human people. His only hope is Melanie, an angry, dying teenage girl who is dragged into the adventure and sets out to deliver him to the Steam Academy, even if it's just to stop him talking. Seb must confront an unknown past and fight against everything he believed in. And occasionally wash his hair. Set in the only continent to survive the annexation of civilization and nuclear fallout, the great, hot southern land is a world of pain and desperation, where the only form of currency worth having is water. Aimed at a teen audience.' (Publication summary)

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  • Steampunk Note: Described by the publisher as 'Cyberpunk Vs Steampunk', this story incorporates features of post-apocalyptic diesel-punk with the steampunk features and steampunk culture's injunction to self-make and be self-reliant. The mechanical people and Steam Academy also play into the tropes of the genre.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • The Gap, Bardon - The Gap area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,: Insync Holdings , 2013 .
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      Extent: 282p.
      Note/s:
      • Published December 30th 2013
      ISBN: 9780992593520
    • The Gap, Bardon - The Gap area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,: Insync Holdings , 2016 .
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      Extent: 388p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 15 June 2016

        (Hardcover)

      ISBN: 099259359X
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