The Warlord of the air : a scientific romance

Blurb

The Warlord of the Air is a 1971 British alternate history science fiction novel written by Michael Moorcock. It concerns the adventures of Oswald Bastable, an Edwardian-era soldier stationed in India, and his adventures in an alternate universe, in his own future, wherein the First World War never happened. It is the first part of Moorcock's 'A Nomad of the Time Streams' trilogy and, in both its use of technology extrapolated from the Edwardian era and a cod-Victorian / Edwardian era writing style, is generally considered a precursor to steampunk fiction. The novel was first published by Ace Books as part of their Ace Science Fiction Specials series.