β Scribed by Brendan P. Bellecourt
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In his sci-fi debut, Bellecourt explores an alternate roaring 20s where a shell-shocked soldier must uncover latent telepathic abilities to save himself and the people around him.
Liam Mulcahey, a reclusive, shell-shocked veteran, remembers little of the Great War. Ten years later, when he is caught in a brutal attack on a Chicago speakeasy, Liam is saved by Grace, an alluring heiress who's able to cast illusions. Though the attack appears to have been committed by the hated Uprising, Grace believes it was orchestrated by Leland De PereβLiam's former commander and the current President of the United States.
Meeting Grace unearths long-buried memories. Liam's former squad, the Devil's Henchmen, was given a serum to allow telepathic communication, transforming them into a unified killing machine. With Grace's help, Liam begins to regain his abilities, but when De Pere learns of it, he orders his militia to eliminate Liam at any cost.
But Liam's abilities are...
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### Review 'a welcome addition to the World's Classics series ... The editors give us a good text ... a useful essay on Edgeworth's revisions ... and a scholarly introduction' Michael Baron, English ### About the Author Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) was born in Oxfordshire and after being educated