A Dena Bay Steampunk Story: The Personal Divide takes place in the early 1840s during the Victorian age. The town of Milton, England, had a meager fifty families. Orphaned at the age of seventeen, Abigail (now twenty-two) is the youngest adult in the steampunk clan. She had a secret that not even the original fourteen steampunk members knew about. All fifty families in Milton always saw Abigail as independent and a bit odd, although she had help from a few people to get her to maturity. Cora, a seamstress, had the greatest influence on her. She was like a mother to young Abigail, who lived alone in her father's house after his death.The steampunk clan lived in a cluster on the outskirts of the town while the others lived in town. The land each group farmed was separated by the town. The steampunk men farmed with steam-powered machines while the townspeople balked at change and continued to use horses to pull their farming equipment. Personal differences caused a rift between the steampunk clan and the townspeople as time passed. Socializing with each other became almost nonexistent. Conflicts arose. Spying and gossip became the norm for those who were both curious and disgusted by the steampunk people.There are secrets, cooperation among the steampunk people, issues at school, defection from some townspeople, and terror in the air as Aviator struggles to get home.Enjoy the lives of the steampunk people with physical, mechanical, and social differences that grew from a group of forward-thinking people--the steampunk clan.

--Dena Bay

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