Steampunk author Ren Cummins takes Crazy Eddy one step further. He's not practically giving it away, he IS giving it away. The first novel--Reaper's Return--in his Young Adult series Chronicles of Aesirium is available as a free download at the site below. It is available in various e-book formats from plain text to Kindle, Palm Reader, Nook, etc.
Naturally, he hopes this generous taste will drive you to actually buy the rest of the series.
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