The next book in the Alchemy Wars trilogy by Ian Tregillis, an epic tale of liberation and war.

Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers’ Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he must start his lifestyle as a free Clakker, but liberation demonstrates its own burden.

Berenice, formerly the legendary spymaster of New France, mastermind behind her nation’s efforts to undermine the Dutch Hegemony — continues to be banished from her homeland and captured from the Clockmakers Guild’s draconian secret police force.

Meanwhile, Captain Hugo Longchamp is usually confronted with rallying the beleaguered and untested defenders of Marseilles-in-the-West for the inevitable onslaught from the Brasswork Throne and its own army of mechanical military.