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Hope&Glory: Above the Clouds
When the earthquakes and the tsunami came, the northern Republic of Iezo was all that survived of Japan. A small nation founded on modern technology and the ancient samurai spirit, Iezo thrived and is now ready to take its place at the side of the great nations of the New World.
The maiden voyage of the airship Himiko is the perfect opportunity to impress both its allies and its enemies.
But high above the frozen plains of Central Asia, the men and women of the Himiko meet something that might change the world forever.
A behemoth of the skies, a gigantic airship launched in the early days of the Catastrophe. A white flying vessel that's been drifting above the clouds for over a century.
An artefact from a previous age, carrying a mystery and a menace, waiting for the boarding party from the Himiko to bring it back to life.
Above the clouds, no one can hear you scream.
A story of exploration and science gone mad in the world of Hope & Glory.
Above the Clouds is a story set in the universe of "Hope & Glory", a game setting developed for the Savage Worlds rules.
The "Hope & Glory" universe exists for the game and for the gamers, and attached to the novel there's a roundup of gaming information for those readers that would like to start playing straight away.
Welcome to a new world... On the 21st of October 1852, the citizens of London and Paris were awed at the sight of the western sky turning suddenly a strange shade of purple andred. The first seismic shocks were felt all over the world in the following hours, and by the dawn of the 23rd of October, the giant waves hit the coasts of Europe. In the evening of the same day, while the tremors continued, catastrophic waves also hit the coasts of Asia. Whole cities, blasted by the earthquakes, were submerged by the sea. Millions of lives were lost. Then the Black Rain began, washing the ruins and leaving behind a thick layer of ashes. Dark, impenetrable clouds hid the sun, and the Thirty Years Winter began. In the Northern Hemisphere crops failed, snow-bound cities went up in flames as the populations rioted and the governments tried to find a solution, the means to survive.
One hundred years have passed now since the Catastrophe, and humanity has survived. In the former colonial domains of Africa and South America. In the blasted plains of China. Among the remains of the Japanese archipelago. In Russian palaces sealed against the howling winds of the steppe. In the land that once was India. With sacrifice and ingenuity, with courage and hope, new nations have crawled back from the brink to claim the new world.
Science is a beacon to the future.
From the frozen wastes of Europe, where the mammoth roam, to the proud Zulu Nation of Africa, from the technological wonders of the Anglo-Indian Raj to the mist-shrouded shores of Lost America, these are the stories of a new, strange world.
Thanks for reading, and have fun!
Davide Mana, Umberto Pignatelli
Alberto Bontempi, Angelo Montanini
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