After the amazing success of Tachyon Publication's special offer for Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's Steampunk (well over 100 books sold!) its become clear to me that one of the things our readers greatly enjoy is, well, reading.

Thus it is with real pleasure that I introduce a new feature here at The Steampunk Workshop; book reviews!  The books you will find discussed here will not be exclusively Steampunk books, though there will certainly be some of those, but books that are known and loved by our contributors.

Our first selection and review is brought to you by the Lady Almira, a young Special Weapons Officer currently serving aboad the H.M.S. Chronabelle and someone whom I had the great honour of being introduced to at this past weekend's Maker Faire.  After meeting several members of this crew I realized that I and my fellows are merely proto-SteamPunks and that the crew of the Chronabelle and their ilk are actually the first generation, and to that I say: "Huzzah!"