Steamboy

In Victorian Britain at the height of the steam-driven Industrial Revolution, young inventor James Ray Steam spends his days in Manchester helping out at factories and scavenging parts for his own projects, living in the shadow of a renowned family legacy. His routine is upended when a parcel arrives from his grandfather—who has been working in the United States alongside Ray’s father—containing a mysterious metal sphere fitted with a valve.

Before Ray can understand what he’s been given, agents connected to the O’Hara Foundation break into his home to claim it. With nowhere else to turn, he bolts for the residence of his grandfather’s associate, Robert Stephenson, pursued across the city as the secret behind the device—and the power it holds—draws the attention of forces determined to take it for themselves.