A deadly discovery on the world's edge. The wrong spark, and the town burns.
PETRA ELD REYES is the last of the artefixers, hired to help a small town make the most of a soulstone windfall. But she plays by her own rules, and the only side she's on is her own.
KENJI MASTERSON is a town miner, standing up for the people's rights. Strong. Confident. Destined to lead—if he can survive the town's brutal influx of power and politics.
XERXES THE INDESTRUCTIBLE is an intergalactic fugitive. Shipwrecked on Earth. The creatures of this rock fail to show the proper respect. Xerxes will teach them.
LIZA O-CHAINS is a clockwork zombie, made of metal and flesh. She raids for her tribe. Killing is all she knows. Until a stranger from the town offers her something more.
EDISON CANTO is a rich, charming scholar, out on the world's edge to study the magic of soulstone. When the chaos erupts, will he run like a coward? Or will he fight?
MARSHAL FLYNN is the undead keeper of The Iron Law. She knows what a soulstone discovery can do to a town. She's seen one go up in smoke. She won't let it happen again.
