Earth2

Modeled on a pre-WWI Hong Kong where wind energy is harvested and ghosts plague the land.   The world turns to exorcists who cleanse the spirits of the dead and prevent them from turning on humans. Relying on steam-, human- and wind-powered technologies, the world developed using woods and papers and not much in the way of plastics.  

The sun hadn't yet risen above the sea on the horizon as Keung scaled the wall in the courtyard behind his rooms. The household wasn’t up yet, save for the servants, but as he looked out toward the harbor he could see dinghies with their ribbed sails out on the water. Soon, once the sun fully crested the edge of the sea, there would be fliers and ships in the air. From his vantage point on the tiled roof of the wall, the kite turbines with their ends tethered to the piers made dim silhouettes against the muted blue glow of the pre-dawn sky.

— The District of Bones