Coming Soon-Michel R. Vaillancourt's "The Sauder Diaries: By Any Other Name"

Michel R. Vaillancourt will be releasing his Trestle Press debut novel “The Sauder Diaires: By Any Other Name” on Monday Dec. 19.Here is the synopsis and author biography:

 The Sauder Diaries take place in an alternate-history Earth, in the year 1888.  The Crimean War ended as a stalemate with a ceasefire being signed in Paris, not a surrender.  Europe is divided along the Allied and Russian Imperial borders by the Scorchlands, and by the pop-culture of the times, large sections of “civilized Europe” cannot be traveled due to bandits, renegade armies, and rogue mad science experiments.

It is against this backdrop that the story of Hans Sauder is told.  Hans is the son of a German industrialist, on his way to University to study engineering and airship systems design. En route his passenger airship is attacked by an infamous pirate crew, the legendary Bloody Rose.  Hans is taken prisoner and given the choice of joining the crew as an engineer, or taking his chances with parachuting into the wilds of Europe.

Thus begins the “diaries”, detailing his travels — the reader is first treated to Hans' impressions of events and then gets to see what really happened.

Hans and his new crew-mates are hunted by the airship navies of Allied Europe, chased into hiding in Egypt, board merchant ships over Germany, and visit hidden black market trade centers.  Things really get rough when they are hired to undertake a dangerous mission in the skies of the Russian Empire.

As the story unfolds, Hans' new life is further complicated by the romantic advances of the leader of the ship's gunner-marines, a ruthless and no-nonsense woman with a chip on her shoulder.  As well, Hans is perpetually dogged by a deep conflict between his sense of morals and duty to his family, and the challenges and adventure of this new life he has discovered.

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 In brief about me, I am forty-two years old, currently living in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.  My day job is CEO & Alpha-Geek for a video conference hosting company.  I’m married, I have a son and I have been reading and writing for most of my life.  I have been involved in Steampunk for two years and a fan of adventure stories since I was twelve.

You can find out more about me at http://about.me/michel.vaillancourt