Armageddon: A Tale of Love, War, and Invention blends history, speculation, and grand invention to ask what happens when nations unite, build a world-spanning canal, and then face war on a global scale. This edition draws you into a vivid alternate dawn where engineers, soldiers, and lovers thread through a dramatic and dangerous era.
Set against a shifting geopolitical landscape, the narrative follows bold schemes and hard choices as two great powers turn collaboration into conflict. The story is anchored by intimate human moments—love, loyalty, and personal ambition—set beside sweeping feats of engineering that reshape oceans, borders, and futures. Expect a frontier world where resource, power, and technology drive both progress and peril.
- A sweeping, character-driven look at how invention can alter the course of nations and lives.
- A vivid panorama of military, political, and industrial maneuvering on a world stage.
- Tense scenes of collaboration, competition, and the human costs of war and progress.
- A blend of romance and ambition that threads through a deeply imagined future.
Ideal for readers who enjoy historical-style speculation, frontier engineering, and stories where love and duty collide amid enormous change.
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Vendeur : Forgotten Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book tells the story of a young inventor named David Appleton and his friend, Wentworth, as they navigate the challenges of creating and promoting Appleton's groundbreaking invention: a machine capable of defying gravity to lift enormous weights into the air. Amidst a rapidly shifting political landscape, where Europe's major powers form alliances that threaten to ignite a global conflict, Appleton and Wentworth find themselves entangled in a race against time to perfect the machine and ensure its potential impact on the future of nations. Through their journey, the author explores themes of ambition, perseverance, and the complexities of love and loyalty amidst the backdrop of impending war. The result is a thought-provoking and immersive historical fiction that offers a unique perspective on the transformative power of invention and human ingenuity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330543825_0
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Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur LW-9781330543825
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Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur LW-9781330543825
Quantité disponible : 15 disponible(s)