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Steel Blood

by Gabriel F.W. Koch · 2024

Steel Blood is a science-fiction novel by Gabriel F.W. Koch, published in 2024. It follows Dr. James Cancilleri, the founder of time-travel science, who discovers that six hundred years in the past his own ancestors are in… more

First published 2024 · 306 pages · English

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Quotes from the Book

A ray of sunlight poked through the mass of angry clouds.
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His remains consigned to the elements and wolves, would scattered across the March.
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I prefer death to dishonor for me and my child.
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Tenderly he reached for her and lightly took her hand, lifted it, and touched it to his lips.
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Awakened to the crow of a rooster almost old enough to retire to a cooking pot.
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The created a displacement devise that separated solids into fragmented molecules.
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Nine roses around the lion…God in heaven that’s the Tumbaar coat-of-arms.
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He shoved her aside and forced his sword, to the hilt, straight through James’s torso.
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Our cousin Patrick Hacker McKaybees, died fighting by the side of the king.
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Her lips silently formed three words, oh my love.
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Only human after all, she whispered.
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Satan’s breath be damned, the nasty beast is still in there.
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Aye. I’m afraid for my immortal soul now.
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That is a death I will think of often and with great fondness.
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Notation on Quark Manipulation as Applied to the Time/Space Continuum.
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Did you know?

  • The novel was published on June 28, 2024, by Outskirts Press.
  • It won first place in science fiction at the CIPA EVVY Book Awards.
  • The plot alternates between the high-tech Gate Project laboratory and a medieval-era setting.
  • Author Gabriel F.W. Koch is a winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award.
  • Steel Blood was promoted as an Amazon Featured Book of the Week in November 2024.
  • Its protagonist, Dr. James Cancilleri, is described as the founder of time-travel science.

About Gabriel F.W. Koch

Gabriel F.W. Koch is an American author of science fiction, mystery, and thriller novels, and a winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award (appearing in the 2004 anthology). His books, including Paradox Effect and the Marlowe Black mysteries, have earned multiple independent-publishing honors such as CIPA EVVY and Next Generation Indie Book awards.

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About the book

Steel Blood is a science-fiction novel by Gabriel F.W. Koch, published in 2024. It follows Dr. James Cancilleri, the founder of time-travel science, who discovers that six hundred years in the past his own ancestors are in danger of dying before they can marry and procreate. If they perish, Cancilleri and his life's work will be erased from existence, so he uses his technology to journey back and try to save his own bloodline.

The story moves between two contrasting worlds: the high-tech laboratory of the Gate Project and a perilous medieval setting of knights, power struggles, and danger. Through this structure the novel plays with familiar time-travel ideas about causality, legacy, and identity, while blending them with the pageantry and physical stakes of a medieval adventure. Reviewers have highlighted its interplay of strength and vulnerability alongside its brisk, action-driven pacing.

The book comes from a self-published author with a long track record of genre awards, and it continued that pattern of recognition. Steel Blood was named a first-place winner in science fiction at the CIPA EVVY Book Awards, and it was promoted as an Amazon Featured Book. It carries a strong average reader rating on Goodreads, consistent with the reception of Koch's earlier fiction.

Key characters

  • Dr. James CancilleriTime-travel scientist and founder of the Gate Project, who must travel back to save his own ancestors
  • Charlie PalmerFederal Wildlife Officer who appears in the novel's opening scene

Book details

First published
2024
Length
306 pages
Reading time
5 hours
Genre
Novels
Goodreads rating
4.32 (7k ratings)
First line
“Throwing caution to the wind, Federal Wildlife Officer Charlie Palmer throttled up his airboat, turned on his flashing blue lights, and accelerated toward the sound of automatic weapon fire.”

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    11/22/63Stephen King's time-travel story about a man sent into the past to change history
  3. 3
    The Time MachineA foundational time-travel tale for readers drawn to the premise
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