A broken planet. Ice floes drifting in the ether. Machines with souls and people without scruples. Steam power, grotesque machinery, and supernatural phenomena. And above it all, a mysterious island of the dead that haunts the world of the living. Welcome to the bizarre world of "Steam Noir" - the steampunk saga by "Jakob" creators Felix Mertikat and Benjamin Schreuder. A burglary in a villa in the ether port city of Schierling calls forth an extraordinary investigative team: Heinrich Lerchenwald, a bachelor and bon vivant, who has worked for many years as a bizarre romantic for the Januskoogener Leonardsbund; Richard Hirschmann, a soulful machine man, gentle yet tenacious criminal investigator; and Frau D., a crime scene investigator and suffragette in one. An extraordinary duo of detectives for an extraordinary case: a lost soul, a revenant from d.