What would you sacrifice to change your legacy?
As the Industrial Revolution threatens the way of life for many, it gives birth to rebellion. Ned Ludd, leader of the Luddites, directs an offshoot of the uprising to terrorize the factories of Scotland. While tensions between tradition and progress reach violent heights, a young boy, Nicholas Locherbie, flees his home and discovers an arcane workshop beneath the winding streets of Edinburgh.
When Ned’s revolt is interrupted by a man claiming to be his father, he must weigh his desire for truth and family against the risk of execution. His choice will not only affect his past, but Nicholas’s future, as the young boy wrestles with an obsession with the workshop and an onset of voices in his head he feels compelled to follow.
Together, they’ll uncover a connection that binds them for eternity, but risks releasing a malevolent force on everyone they love.
While this is a work of fiction — fiction creatively rooted in history — the journey that winds and weaves through this story is so deeply personal, so richly detailed, and so vivid that it‘s easy to forget that you’re not following the adventures, challenges, and realizations of people who actually exist.
The care that went into this book is so evident. The timeline/character management is impeccable, and the blend of slow reveals and quick twists makes this an exciting, involving, truly interesting read that I highly recommend.
Even if this isn’t typically “your genre,” don’t let that stop you. This book is so much more than its category, and the characters and settings are so much more than words on a page. I can’t wait for the next book in the series!
