The Gears of Deceit
With the advent of steam power, mankind has advanced and ushered in the industrial revolution. This is the age of steam locomotives, automatons, guns, and cannons, as well as curses, magic, artifacts, and the occult.
Detective Inspector Alistair Quinn, a war veteran turned investigator, has spent years uncovering the dark secrets lurking beneath Gildspire’s industrial splendor. Fitted with a mechanical arm of his design, he is relentless in his pursuit of justice, unwilling to let the bureaucracy of the city stand in his way. But when a prominent industrialist, Lord James Thorpe, is found dead under inexplicable circumstances, Quinn is drawn into a mystery that defies reason.
With the aid of Dr. Evangeline Everhart, a brilliant inventor with a mind as sharp as her mechanical creations,(and wife for all you romance lovers) Quinn follows a trail of clues that point toward something far more sinister than murder—an ancient, long-forgotten machine that could alter the very fabric of reality. As he navigates the treacherous world of secret societies, forbidden technology, and hidden cults, Quinn must confront not only the forces working against him but also the ghosts of his own past.
The deeper he digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Some knowledge was never meant to be unearthed. Some devices were never meant to be activated. But in a city where power is everything, there are those willing to kill to control it.
