A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. The novel begins the tale of a murderous band of criminals (and a scholar), thrown together in an attempt to unravel the secret of the Clockwork Boys, mechanical soldiers from a neighboring kingdom that promise ruin to the Dowager’s city. If they succeed, rewards and pardons await, but that requires a long journey through enemy territory, directly into the capital. It also requires them to refrain from killing each other along the way! The duology puts together a broken group of people trying to make the most of the rest of their lives as they drive forward on their suicide mission.
A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. The novel begins the tale of a murderous band of criminals (and a scholar), thrown together in an attempt to unravel the secret of the Clockwork Boys, mechanical soldiers from a neighboring kingdom that promise ruin to the Dowager’s city. If they succeed, rewards and pardons await, but that requires a long journey through enemy territory, directly into the capital. It also requires them to refrain from killing each other along the way! The duology puts together a broken group of people trying to make the most of the rest of their lives as they drive forward on their suicide mission.
