Glass Darkly

A powerful thunderstorm rages over New York City sending its citizens dashing through the torrential rain.. Between the lightning flashes a strange craft of huge proportions suddenly appears, a metallic airship bristling with weapons. But the ship is clearly damaged, with large holes in its sides through which twisted metalwork protrudes, and countless shattered windows that reveal a dark and lifeless interior. However, despite the appearance of this great vessel, the captain and some of the crew cling to life, but this is not the city or the world they left, dispatched on a desperate mission to stop an enemy of unimaginable ferocity. Where has this ship sailed from, and how can her captain and crew find their way home, when the craft which has been their home now lies in ruins, and when the enemy that has nearly destroyed them appears to have followed them to this new world, which looks and feels so like their own. Through Glass Darkly is the first book in the Glass Darkly Diesel-punk series:- Through Glass Darkly- By a Blue and Crimson Light- A Shadow on the Sky Set in the mid 1930s the Glass Darkly series follows the adventures of Captain Howard Hughes and the crew of military airship Kubla Khan, as they travel into a strange other dimension known as the Miasmic Expanse, trying to find their way home.The Glass Darkly series is an alternative history science fiction story, suitable for most ages. It features fictionalized versions of real historic individuals and places, but is purely a work of fiction.

Betrayed by their own people and brought to the brink of destruction. . . The crew of the great bronze airship Kubla Khan have finally managed to repair their ship and heal the crew enough to head back into the Expanse.But when they get there, they not only discover the path back to their home world is lost, but the traitors that nearly destroyed them have somehow managed to poison the minds of the next world they visit.Will the lies and deceit of the traitors lead to the destruction of the Kubla Khan a second time, or can the bele=guered crew win back the hearts and minds of those that have been turned against them.By a Blue and Crimson Light is the second volume in the 'Through Glass Darkly' series.

AFTER TWO YEARS OF FIGHTING TO SURVIVE...And with the search for their home finally making progress, the captain and crew of the great bronze airship, Kubla Khan, are almost daring to hope. But the Miasmic Expanse is a treacherous place, where even the smallest mistake can be fatal. Now with their home almost in sight, a simple accident nearly ends it all. After almost being blinded by an experiment that backfires, Lieutenant Commander Hall escapes with his life. But finds himself on a world, where all that remains of humanity are the ruins of their cities and the monsters which killed them. Alone on a world of starving creatures,, how long can a blind Lensman hope to survive when his sight is filled with shadows.