"London 1888. His Majesty's airships troll the sky powered by antigrav liftwood as a cabal of Iron Lords tightens its hold on a Britain choked by the fumes of Industry. Mars has been colonized and assassins stalk the European corridors of power. And somewhere far to the east, the Old Man of the Mountains plots the end of the world with his Forever Engine. Enter Jack Fargo. Former special forces operator in Afghanistan. A man from our own near future thrust back in time--or to wherever this Brave Victorian world actually exists. Aided by an elderly Scottish physicist, a young British officer and a beautiful spy for the French Commune, Fargo must save the future from the Forever Engine"--,Provided by publisher.