At Avalon, Ned learns magic, makes friends, earns rivals, and discovers that his hands are better suited to making and mending than breaking. But small faults, borrowed game pieces, copied notes, and delayed shipments reveal a quieter danger moving through the Empire. Someone is testing its systems, probing its weaknesses, and Ned keeps getting in the way.
Book 1 of Empires of Brass and Ley begins the story of a boy who wanted a workbench, not a battlefield, and found out that sometimes the smallest gear can stop the largest machine.
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.