Author Description

Product Description Adele—the beautiful fairy queen with wings of clockwork—despairs when her husband, the master tinker, dies before he finishes the great machine that will reignite the human-fairy war and drive the humans away. When she meets Dale, a human boy with natural talent—who can finish the machine—she enslaves him and binds his will with her fairy magic. However, Dale's twin sister, Nora, who has only recently discovered that she is a maker and has power of her own, escapes before she can be taken as well. Can Nora understand and accept the magic that makes her different and save both her brother and herself before the fairy kingdom clockwork can be turned on, killing millions of innocent people? About the Author Leah Cutter writes historic fantasy, with novels set in China, Hungary, and the Yucatan peninsula. She also writes contemporary fantasy, with novels set in Oregon, Louisiana, and Seattle. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines as well as anthologies. She lives in Seattle with the requisite writer's cat.