Professor Alistair “Sparks” MacRae was once a renowned scientist at the Aetherian Institute of Mechanistry, famed for reckless breakthroughs in volatile aetheric energy. His brilliance went too far when an illegal experiment nearly destroyed the Eastward Docks, erasing his career overnight. Before the authorities could reach him, Viktor “Grim” Brasswell did.

Grim bound Sparks to his mob through blood, not contracts. When MacRae missed a deadline, Grim murdered Isla, his wife, and called it a lesson. From then on, Sparks was forced to work in a hidden workshop beneath Brasswell’s casino, surrounded by steam, brass, and fear.

Now in his late sixties, Sparks builds automata, bombs, and mechanical horrors with shaking hands and a racing mind. Brilliant, jittery, and quietly resentful, he survives by creating miracles for the man who destroyed his life.

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