Aether Powered
About this book
Take one old Steamer TrunkJoseph would have rather gotten money in the will, but instead they delivered a heavy, beat-up old steamer trunk to his Seattle home. With both parents gone, money to pay the skyrocketing taxes made a lot more sense.Add copies of Tesla's inventionsBut his uncle willed him a box of wonders. Built from plans by Nikola Tesla, who knew their value? Until Joseph broke one.A smidge of struggling studentHis major in electrical engineering let him borrow a lab and fix what he broke. Now he has an unbelievable machine, an earth-shaking discovery, and no idea how to profit from it.And a generous portion of century-old grudgeWhen he gets the word out, he attracts the attention of a shadowy organization. They say they'll pay top dollar, and they won't take no for an answer.Mix wellJoseph needs to convince the rest of the world his discovery is real, elude those who would steal it, somehow get enough money to pay his tax bill, and still satisfy his gold-digging girlfriend's expensive tastes. Where's a genius like Tesla when you need him?
Details
- First published
- 2022
- OL Work ID
- OL27588837W
Subjects
Fiction, science fiction, generalFiction, fantasy, general