A Silas Vance Mystery · Book One
The Aetherlight Murder
An impossible murder. A silent machine witness.
London, 1887. Disgraced former Scotland Yard inspector Silas Vance knows something about impossible machinery. His clockwork left arm is a permanent reminder of the accident that destroyed his career and nearly claimed his life.
When a prominent official is found dead—his heart transformed into copper—Silas is drawn into an investigation that defies science and reason. His only ally is Emmeline Faraday, a brilliant, unlicensed aether-engineer.
Their search leads from the fogbound alleys of Whitechapel to the glittering airships above London, where stolen inventions, corrupted mechanical memories, and a silent automaton point toward a conspiracy built upon the darkest promise of progress.
Someone has learned how to turn aetherlight into a weapon. Someone believes the future is worth any number of lives.
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