# Pirate Utopia - Hardcover

by **Bruce Sterling** (Author), **John Coulthart** (Artist), **Warren Ellis** (Introduction by)

Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of _Transmetropolitan_ and _Gun Machine_

Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea. Mortal enemies of communists, capitalists, and even fascists (to whom they are not _entirely_ unsympathetic).

The ambitious Soldier-Citizens of Carnaro are led by a brilliant and passionate coterie of the perhaps insane. Lorenzo Secondari, World War I veteran, engineering genius, and leader of Croatian raiders. Frau Piffer, Syndicalist manufacturer of torpedos at a factory run by and for women. The Ace of Hearts, a dashing Milanese aristocrat, spymaster, and tactical savant. And the Prophet, a seductive warrior-poet who leads via free love and military ruthlessness.

Fresh off of a worldwide demonstration of their might, can the Futurists engage the aid of sinister American traitors and establish global domination?  

### Author Biography

**Bruce Sterling** (_Schismatrix_, _The Zenith Angle_, _Zeitgeist_) is an internationally-bestselling author, journalist, editor, columnist, and critic. He is perhaps best known for his ten visionary science fiction novels, as a founder of the cyberpunk movement, and as the editor of the quintessential cyberpunk anthology _Mirrorshades_. His much-heralded nonfiction includes _The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier_, and _The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things_. A renowned expert on technology, Sterling has appeared on ABC's _Nightline_, the BBC's _The Late Show_, _MTV_, and _TechTV_, and in _Wired_ where he is a featured blogger, as well as in _Time_, _Newsweek_, the _Wall Street Journal_, the _New York Times_, _Fortune_, _Nature_, _La Stampa_, _La Repubblica_, and many other venues. Sterling splits his time among the cities of Austin, Turin, and Belgrade.

**Warren Ellis** is the internationally-bestselling author of the graphic novels _Transmetropolitan_, _Fell_, _Red_, and _Planetary_, and the novels _Gun Machine_ and _Crooked Little Vein_. His graphic novel _Iron Man Extermis_ was the basis for the blockbuster _Iron Man 3_ movie. He has written for _Vice_ and _Wired UK_ and is currently at work on various projects. Ellis lives in London.

**John Coulthart** is the World Fantasy Award-winning illustrator and designer of the iconic _Steampunk_ anthology series, the _The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases_, _Lovecraft's Monsters_, and _Clive Barker's A?Z of Horror_. He was the Artist Guest of Honour at Ars Necronomica 2015. Coulthart lives in Manchester, England.

World Fantasy Award nominee **Christopher Brown**'s novel _Tropic of Kansas_, about Americans trying to create their own liberated city-states, is forthcoming from Harper Voyager in 2017. His other fiction and criticism can be found at christopherbrown.com. He lives in Austin, Texas, where he also practices technology law.

Mojo Press co-founder **Rick Klaw** is an editor, pop culture historian, reviewer, social media maven, and optimistic curmudgeon. His most recent editorial projects include _The Apes of Wrath_, _Rayguns Over Texas_, _Hap and Leonard_, and _Hap and Leonard Ride Again_. He lives in Austin, Texas.  

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 15, 2016

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