A few weeks ago I teased you all (what I’m calculating as one, maybe two readers I have) that big announcement was on the horizon.

Well, as Jack Sparrow once said, “Now, bring me that horizon…” Except that wouldn’t make sense because I know what the announcement is, so really it should be you quoting Jack Sparrow. So… go ahead, say it. I’ll wait.

Did you? Did you say it? I’m not going to say what it is until you say the line. What? It’s in the title?

Damnit.

Ok well, you read that correctly. I wrote a book about cars and things! But not in the way you’d expect. It isn’t the history of Volkswagen or my thoughts on what Volkswagen should Volkswagen for Volkswagen. What I’m trying to say is it isn’t about Volkswagens.

What we have here is part text book, part science fiction novel.

Time Machines & Automatons: A Brief History of Clockwork Powered Motorcarriages

The text book portion goes over the origin of clockwork in the Black Forest of Germany and true history of early automobiles and the quest for power. The science fiction? A theoretical exploration of clockwork automaton transportation and a sprawling alternate history where clockwork driven vehicles changed the world. Up until 1930, like the title says, “Brief.”