Blue Judgment

Magic and corruption on the world's edge... ...in this multi-POV steampunk sci-fi fantasy described as Deadwood meets Mad Max. PETRA ELD REYES—last of the artefixers, hired to help a small town turn their soulstone windfall into profit. Problem is: She's an addict. And as the magic flows, her sanity goes. LIZA O-CHAINS—clockwork zombie, forged of metal and flesh. She raids for her tribe. Killing is all she knows. Until a stranger from the town offers her something more. KENJI MASTERSON—mine worker, standing up for the people's rights. Strong. Confident. Destined to lead—if he can survive the power and politics flooding into town. XERXES THE INDESTRUCTIBLE—intergalactic fugitive. Shipwrecked on Earth. The creatures of this rock fail to show the proper respect. Xerxes will teach them. EDISON CANTO—wealthy, charming scholar, out on the frontier to study the magic of soulstone. When the chaos erupts, will he run like a coward? Or will he fight? MARSHAL FLYNN—back from the dead, she upholds The Iron Law. She knows what soulstone does to a town. She watched one go up in smoke. She won't let it happen again. The wrong spark, and the town burns.