The second part and conclusion to the Clockwork Boys. Slate (the guerilla accountant), Brenner (the assassin), Caliban (the excommunicated paladin) and of course the Learned Edmund continue their mission to find and destroy the origin of the Clockwork Boys, giant mobile siege engine type things that are devastating their side in the war. To do this means infiltrating the city they come from, a city where Slate has a very high price on her head and where Learned Edmund has his own mysteries to solve about where another member of his order has vanished to.

Continuing the tone and the fun of the first part, this is a fun fantasy filled with a thieves' gallery of dubious characters, gnoles (badger-like people), and demons. Was very sad when it ended and want to read many many more.