Blood & Vapor: A Song of the West [A Steampunk Western]
Wasters. The word spreads like wildfire across the frontier—whispered in saloons, cursed in cathedrals. Born of rogue science and stitched metal, they’re outlaws in the eyes of the Church and monsters in the eyes of the world.
Levi Wilson didn’t choose this life. Once a streetwise mercenary, he was captured, experimented on, and turned into something he doesn’t understand. Augmented with prototype Vaporguard tech and left with scars he can’t outrun, Levi escapes into a land already teetering on the edge—where the Church tightens its grip, bounty hunters chase Wasters for coin, and the Old World’s empire watches the New with hungry eyes.
Now hunted and alone, Levi must learn to survive—not just the bounty hunters and Inquisition on his trail, but the growing power inside him. What begins as a fight to stay alive will drag him into something far greater: a war for the soul of the frontier, and maybe the world beyond it.
**WHAT TO EXPECT**
• Guns are outlawed—blades, fists, and augments rule the frontier
• Alternate timeline where the Church controls global tech and power
• Steam-powered war machines and brutal Inquisitors
• Grounded, gritty combat with realistic consequences
• Deep worldbuilding with political, cultural, and religious conflict
• Third-person limited POV with strong character focus
• No chosen ones, no prophecy—just survival
• Slow-burn mystery and high-stakes tension
• No harem
• Earthsong magic with real costs, not flashy spells
• Bounty hunters, Templar Knights, orphans, war criminals, and broken survivors
