Magic and corruption on the world's edge......in this multi-POV steampunk sci-fi fantasy described as Deadwood meets Mad Max.PETRA ELD REYES-last of the artefixers, hired to help a small town turn their soulstone windfall into profit. Problem is: She's an addict. And as the magic flows, her sanity goes.LIZA O-CHAINS-clockwork zombie, forged of metal and flesh. She raids for her tribe. Killing is all she knows. Until a stranger from the town offers her something more.KENJI MASTERSON-mine worker, standing up for the people's rights. Strong. Confident. Destined to lead-if he can survive the power and politics flooding into town.XERXES THE INDESTRUCTIBLE-intergalactic fugitive. Shipwrecked on Earth. The creatures of this rock fail to show the proper respect. Xerxes will teach them.EDISON CANTO-wealthy, charming scholar, out on the frontier to study the magic of soulstone. When the chaos erupts, will he run like a coward? Or will he fight?MARSHAL FLYNN-back from the dead, she upholds The Iron Law. She knows what soulstone does to a town. She watched one go up in smoke. She won't let it happen again.The wrong spark, and the town burns.
