When sorcery can't conjure freedom, the rifle will have to do.In the Kingdom of Novaraum, industrial revolution triggers a political one. Duchies split off to form "free" states and armies prepare fearsome new weapons. But a ruling class long-dependent on magic to justify their tyranny won't let go easily.Few know this better than sorceress Jenna Farmoon. She thought nothing could pull her back into their world-certainly not their fratricidal civil war. But as that war drags on and magical atrocities escalate, she senses something truly awful dredged from beyond the material world.She's a problem General Jorum Crest doesn't need. Picked to lead the Free States' hard-luck army against a fresh Royal offensive, he's already outnumbered, with only grit and an edge in technology to balance the scales. And the magical prodigy who swore off his cause-as well as his love-may be more liability than help.Wizards plot, generals bicker, and armies collide, wielding the sorcery of an old world against the firepower of a new one in this epic black powder fantasy

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