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A futuristic political-military tale follows a revolutionary aerial force and its leaders who overthrow tyrants and later confront a resurgent ruler and global war. Framed by a prophetic narrator, the narrative tracks a dethroned monarch, a determined female leader, and the builders of flying warships as they assemble fleets, form alliances, and engage in prolonged aerial and naval engagements. The plot moves through espionage, betrayals, pitched battles, and desperate sieges, exploring technological power, political upheaval, and moral cost. The climax brings catastrophic conflict, a negotiated truce, and an epilogue that reflects on survival, sacrifice, and the fragile hold of human authority in the face of ruin.


OLGA
ROMANOFF.

BY
GEORGE GRIFFITH.

AUTHOR OF

“THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION,” “THE OUTLAWS
OF THE AIR,” “VALDAR THE OFT-BORN,” “BRITON
OR BOER?” “THE ROMANCE OF GOLDEN STAR,”
ETC., ETC.

And so they waited—waited while the ages-old snow and ice melted from the bare, black rocks under the fierce breath of the fire-storm; while the ocean of flame seethed and roared and eddied about them, licking up the seas and melted snows, and fighting with them as fire and water have fought since the world began; while the foundations of the Southern Pole quivered and rocked beneath their feet, and the walls of their refuge quaked and cracked with the throes of the writhing earth, and cosmos was dissolved into chaos once more.”—p. 368.

WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
BY FRED T. JANE.

LONDON:
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., Ltd.

1897.
Copyrighted Abroad.][All Foreign Rights Reserved.