When a dispute over Newfoundland fishing rights pushes the United States toward war with Great Britain, a syndicate of American capitalists offers to fight it under contract. Their weapons are armoured ‘crabs’ that disable warships from beneath and a motor-bomb of appalling power, and the syndicate means to win quickly and at a profit.
An 1889 forecast of mechanised war and deterrence, told with Stockton’s dry, almost comic composure. Download the free EPUB.