About this ebook
In his second year, Crown Practicals open doors into the wider Empire: sky-docks, signal towers, naval yards, route offices, workshops, wards, and the dangerous machinery behind imperial service.
As Ned and his friends learn how records, permissions, class, tools, and trust really work, the shadow of Saffron Pass grows sharper. Someone is probing the Empire’s ordinary systems, and Ned is learning that being useful to the Crown can be both protection and a claim.
A steampunk magical academy adventure of brass, ley-crystal, friendship, sabotage, class pressure, and the cost of being noticed.
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About the author
Mark E. Cooper lives in a seaside town in the south of England. His background is in mechanical engineering where he spent over thirty years working for Ford. He loves reading science fiction, epic fantasy, or urban fantasy and particularly likes strong female characters overcoming dire situations and tough obstacles. He is now the author of over ten titles written in the genres he loves to read.
