The Engineer’s Apprentice

This alternate-history steampunk western contains action, adventure, magic, and a mystery. In 1860s Dallas, Texas, Annie Sakdavong has just graduated top of her class from college as a steam engineer but must still do an apprenticeship with a master steam engineer. No man is willing to take her, until she runs into an Igbo master engineer, Issa Obasi. Issa wants to leave a legacy in the form of apprentices and groundbreaking research combining rune magic with steam power. These two sources of power are at odds with each other, but Issa sees there could be a better way to unite them. Their world changes when a Native American who can walk through walls comes to steal that research. After seeking help from the police, Issa and Annie are left to fend for themselves when the police don’t want to help the black man and the Asian woman with the investigation. As they get closer to the truth, will they overcome dangerous enemies and their own self-doubts to win the day?