Alex Acks is a writer, geologist, and sharp-dressed sir. Their biker gang space witch novels, Hunger Makes the Wolf and Blood Binds the Pack, were published by Angry Robot Books under the pen name Alex Wells. They’ve had short fiction in Strange Horizons, Crossed Genres, Daily Science Fiction, Lightspeed Magazine and more, and written movie reviews for Strange Horizons and Mothership Zeta. They’ve also written several episodes of Six to Start’s Superhero Workout game. Alex lives in Denver (where they bicycle, drink tea, and twirl their ever-so-dapper mustache) with their two furry little bastards. For more information, see http://www.alexacks.com
These books are a collection of linked stories set in an alternate 19th century steampunk-powered American West. Captain Marta Ramos, her main lieutenant, Meriwether Octavian SImms, and her foil/love interest Deliah Nimowitz are the main characters.
Steam engines. Piracy. Adventure. Even More Tea. Ramos and Simms are back! Join Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, and her crew as they negotiate the perils of rail, land and drawing room in a series of fast-paced adventures in a North America that never was.
2020 Midwest Book Awards Finalist
Airships. Piracy. Murder. The Occasional Cup of Tea…Join Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, and her crew as they negotiate the perils of air, land and drawing room in a series of fast-paced adventures in a North America that never was.
2019 Colorado Book Awards Science Fiction/Fantasy Finalist