And the Prophet, a seductive warrior-poet who leads via free love and military ruthlessness. The Ace of Hearts, a dashing Milanese aristocrat, spymaster, and tactical savant. Frau Piffer, Syndicalist manufacturer of torpedos at a factory run by and for women. Lorenzo Secondari, World War I veteran, engineering genius, and leader of Croatian raiders. The ambitious Soldier-Citizens of Carnaro are led by a brilliant and passionate coterie of the perhaps insane. I've read this book three or four times now, and perhaps the thing that pleases. Mortal enemies of communists, capitalists, and even fascists (to whom they are not entirely unsympathetic). And this time is no different, set as it is on the streets of a pirate bay. Book excerpt: Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists! Utopian pirate-warriors of the tiny Regency of Carnaro, unlikely scourge of the Adriatic Sea. This book was released on with total page 157 pages. It delivers on many different levels: as an engaging alternate-reality tale by Bruce Sterling that is peppered by historical figures from our own timeline, as an illustrated work by World Fantasy Award-winning artist John Coulthart, and as a study in enlightened use of.
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