Army of Brass is everything you want in a steampunk novel. Engineers vs. the government, giant dirigibles, roguish main characters and a decrepit valley of automatons just waiting to spring to life. But unfortunately we can't shake just one author's hand on a steamy story well crafted, because this novel has 21 authors from all around the world. Released by the Collaborative Writing Challenge, an organization that puts together collaborative novels written by over 400 writers

This is a guest post by steampunk author/editor/journalist Phoebe Darqueling. Check out her pursuits at PheobeDarqueling.com and SteampunkJournal.org. Jason Pere is one of over 20 writers who contributed to the collaborative Steampunk novel, Army of Brass. The Collaborative Writing Challenge specializes in bringing together writers from all over the world to craft their tales, and Army of Brass was the 7th project. Jason’s starter chapter was chosen and shaped the entire proj