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Work Sets You Free

David Barnett

First published August 2013
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Gideon Smith

Gideon is a young fisherman in Yorkshire, England, in an alternate 1890, who embarks on a journey to find Captain Lucian Trigger, the famed Hero of the Empire, to deal with a mystery plaguing his home village. This story takes place as the naive Gideon sets off for London, but on the way encounters a very dark side to the British Empire's insatiable hunger for resources...

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 2013 Tor.com, August 21, 2013 Tor MAGAZINE
August 2013 Cover Work Sets You Free Tor Chapbook
April 2015 Cover Work Sets You Free GraphicAudio Chapbook