Sean McMullen

The passengers and crew of the Shadowmoon sail up and down the coast, masquerading as simple traders and gathering information along the way, until they witness the awesome power of the Silverdeath, a doomsday weapon.

Souls in the Great Machine, by Sean McMullen, is the first book in the post-apocalyptic Greatwinter Trilogy. The book was published in June 1999. It is set in a future where electricity has been banned by all major religions, librarians fight duels to settle disputes and wind engines are the main form of mechanical power. The book deals with a machine called the Calculor, a great construction with many workers inside solving various equations, it is basically a human powered computer. The ambitious Highliber Zarvora Cyberline constructed the Calculor under the disguise that it will be used for calculation of taxes and other small tasks however Zarvora plans to use the Calculor for a much greater purpose of her own. (From: It was originally published in Australia as two separate books, Voices In The Light (1994) and Mirrorsun Rising (1995).

"Glass Dragons continues the tale of Laron, the chivalrous seven-hundred-year-old vampire, the appallingly dangerous and beautiful Velander, and the long-suffering Terikel as they investigate a secret project of arcane magic, a magic so dangerous it could destroy their world - a project that threatens to fall into the wrong hands." "Glass Dragons is a broad and complicated tale filled with characters both new and old, woven through with low humor and great courage, and built upon grand acts of heroism and love."--Jacket.