A light-hearted steampunk, galactic empire, first contact, comedy, detective adventure story.

Icky and Rose Ahnson think stories of their world being an interstellar colony to be myths and legends, or perhaps fringe conspiracy theory. In the midst of an early industrial revolution - the beginning of a steam age - they and their old and new friends, Biffer and Spenser, are about to find out the hard way that the myths and legends are real.

They are a colony. One of many. And there is one ship that rules them all.