As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses. A theoretical physicist, she is desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library dressed as a man. Although Mori seems harmless at first, a chain of unexpected slips soon proves that he must be hiding something. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori - a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a new world of clockwork and music. Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow.īut he has worse fears than generous burglars he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest-scale Fenian bombing in history. The gold caught the ember-light and shone the colour of a human voice. He held the watch a moment longer before setting it on the wooden chair by the bed, the one that served as a table for collars and cufflinks.
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