Airship battles and special ops over Antietam Creek, 1862. Prequel to the Clockwerk series.

Clockwerk soldiers, airships, and aether bombs have ground the War Between the States to a stalemate. Can Colonel Julius Montclair find a way to end the bitter conflict? Colonel Julius Montclair, elite soldier and the youngest airship commander in the Union fleet, has been humbled by war. He’s venerated for his bravery at the Battle of the Potomac, but he will carry the scars of that victory for the rest of his life. The loss of good men and women under his command continues to haunt him. Now, Montclair wants nothing more than to simply do his job and is more than ready to lay down the mantle of “hero”. That is, until President Grant himself summons Montclair to Washington. Montclair is tasked with a deadly He must lead his troops on a clandestine insertion behind enemy lines to uncover a plot that may destroy the Union. But Montclair won’t be able to do it alone; he’ll need the help of the most dangerous and least trusted weapons in the Union’s formidable arsenal - the spymasters of Strategic Intelligence. Scarlet, a gorgeous young Strategic Intelligence agent and trained assassin, has the lethal skills and gritty determination required to protect her country. But can she gain the trust of Colonel Montclair and his men? Only by working together can they uncover the Confederacy’s plot and stop a dark aether-fueled weapon of mass destruction from erasing the Union from history. Vince Flynn’s political thrillers meet the creative technology of Jules Verne.

Colonel Julius Montclair saved Washington from annihilation. He foiled the plot of a secretive group called the Cabal, but he didn’t finish them. He’s about to find out what they’ve been doing. Colonel Julius Montclair, hero of the Battle of the Potomac and the Savior of Washington. The youngest airship commander in the Union fleet, a man burdened by his own fame. Only he has the experience and skill to go behind enemy lines on one more deadly mission. Only this time, he’ll be forced to confront the ghosts of his past. Ghosts that still have the power to kill. Scarlet, the fiery-haired assassin, must confront the rot within the ranks of the Department of Strategic Intelligence. She and her minder have a plan to go into the belly of the beast and deliver justice to a traitor, one of their own, but they’re not the only ones steeped in decades of intrigue. Can they defeat a man who knows every move they will make? Abe, fresh out of Indoctrination and earning the moniker The Bookkeeper, is saddled with a minder who is a drunk at best, a traitor at worst. He’ll have to figure out a way to work with the man and keep them both alive long enough to pull off a dangerous mission. Vince Flynn’s political thrillers meet the creative technology of Jules Verne.

Colonel Julius Montclair, crushed by the weight of his own actions, has abandoned his post and fled into hiding. Can his friends find him in time to answer President Grant’s call for help? Broken and a shell of the man he once was, Union airship Commander Julius Montclair has fled his home and his friends. The pain of old wounds, both physical and mental, wrack his body and mind. A dire new threat looms on the horizon, and his service to his country is once again required, but Montclair is no longer certain he is the soldier he was… can he rediscover the elite warrior within himself in time to answer the President’s call for help? Scarred by the loss of her mentor, fiery-haired Department of Strategic Intelligence assassin Cecelia ‘Scarlet’ Alayne thinks only of bloody revenge. Her emotions have made her reckless, but she’s about to embark on one of the most critical and dangerous missions of her career. Can she set her rage and hatred aside long enough to complete her mission and attain the justice she seeks?Political mastermind and former Confederate President James Smythe has fled south, where he’s recruited new allies and a new army. Emboldened by his growing forces, Smythe schemes to launch a military campaign that could threaten not only the Union, but ultimately the entire continent. With his plans of conquest renewed and the strength of foreign legions behind him, can anyone stop his march to Richmond to reclaim the Presidency of a Confederacy still reeling from his ouster?