Steel Reign

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One of the longest running subplots of the Kirov series centers on a central character in the saga—the irrepressible Vladimir Karpov. Sometimes a hero, most times a villain, Karpov has dominated the action from the very beginning of the series, set in opposition to Volsky and Fedorov in his ceaseless quest to take control of the mighty Kirov and use it to impose his will on the world in which he now finds himself marooned.

Beginning on the bridge of Kirov in that tense and fateful moment at the climax of Season 1, Armageddon, the author now knits together, all the material depicting Karpov’s return and rise to power in the world he shattered in 1908. The tense situation on Siberia’s western border soon brings him into contact with Ivan Volkov, and the two men meet, with the real identity of each man revealed. That begins a long vendetta, as Karpov and Volkov become arch rivals and struggle for control of what seems like a lonesome backward railway inn in the small, insignificant hamlet of Ilanskiy.

Volkov will launch three successive raids using his formidable airship navy, each one more elaborate and powerful, coloring the action with a wash of Steampunk as Zeppelins duel in the skies for air superiority, while special forces and Marines battle on the ground for control of the vital railway inn and its dark hidden secret. Think of it as the “Director’s Cut” for this intriguing and engaging plot line featuring the long feud and war between the two great villains in the series. Includes new scenes and “outtakes” added to the story by the author as he stitches together material from twelve series novels into one continuous and uninterrupted narrative of this plot line, including a secret plan by Volkov not yet revealed in the main saga.