He armed the world with a single invention that changed the face of warfare forever. But who was the man behind the gun?

Hiram Maxim was a brilliant polymath whose genius illuminated the globe with electric light, healed the sick, and even brought joy with amusement rides. A self-made man who believed his most terrible creation would make war obsolete, he lived to see it unleash unprecedented slaughter.

This is the definitive story of a figure defined by profound contradictions, whose life forces us to confront the enduring question of an inventor's legacy.

Approx.150 pages, 36000 word count