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.