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Only luma turns machines into miracles.

Only Luma Barons know how to collect luma.

Only sky pirates dare to oppose them.

Separated from her brother, Katherine has spent the past two years as an indentured maid in an effort to pay off her father's debt to Luma Baron Prescott. As…

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1 author picked Mad Marienne as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I met the author at an annual author's day at the gardeners market in Logan, Utah. She was promoting her book, Mad Marienne, and was a delight to talk with. I asked her what the book was about and she eagerly said Sky Pirates- Steampunk. I laughed, because this was a genre I knew absolutely nothing about. But local author, self-published...I had to give it a go.

I am so glad that I did. Of the books I read in 2025, Mad Marienne was my hands down favorite. The world that Yates creates is detailed and immersive. I was so…

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The Rosewood Penny by J.S. Fields,

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The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction.

On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive…

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