HARMSLEAVE

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“Bored with cookie-cutter plots and predictable scenarios?”

“…Harmsleave is a totally original take on steampunk alternative history. No spoilers here, but do yourself a favor and buy this book!”

“…I couldn’t put it down until I was finished!”

“…an entertaining novel: well-developed characters, good pacing, and a gripping plot. Highly recommend.”

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Excerpt from the preface of the book

The first keypresses for this book were made in the year 2014, when I got an idea to write a humorous action novel. I had had an overdose of Terry Pratchett (actually you can’t read TP too much) and desperately wanted to leave an imprint of myself in the humorous works section in libraries and bookstores. Typically, it started with high spirits but got buried and the next updated files I recently found were from the year 2017. The zeal was apparently gone. Then, as COVID reared its head, I once again found the manuscript and started to turn the story to a more serious direction. As madness took a grip, I wrote for hours in a kind of trance and in a few months finished it.

I hope you will enjoy the story as much as I finally enjoyed writing it.

Mika Paananen

Artwork by MiblArt

About the Author

Mika Paananen, a husband, a father of one, and a slave to a furry ball loaded with razorblades called Ässä (‘Ace’). A cat, that is. Mika lives in Finland Proper, has been planning to move elsewhere for thirty years and despite a stable marriage, is a bit of a recluse. Having been working in a farm, and as an engineer in computer and telecommunications industries, as well as worked in media, the author has an extremely dim view of the current world and a rather belligerent bookcase. Mika’s greatest points of interest are history, old aircraft, occasional astrophotography, and a good walk.

He has declared that he refuses to grow up.

You can find him on BlueSky as @painmike1.bsky.social, and his blog on painmike.com.

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A snippet

“So, Army or whatever you are…”
“That’s ‘captain’ for you, if you please.”
“What? Enough of this joking, where’s that tub of yours?” Jonah got impatient and eyed at a cutter moored to the pier.
Sister Malucia did not laugh but her face twisted into an odd form. Armyria noticed this and said, “Tubs, you mean. You are looking at them.”