Clockwork Crown

<p>Rich in atmosphere imagination and fun the action-packed magic-filled sequel to <em>The Clockwork Dagger</em> is an enchanting steampunk fantasy evocative of the works of Trudi Canavan and Gail Carriger.</p><p>Narrowly surviving assassination and capture Octavia Leander a powerful magical healer is on the run with handsome Alonzo Garrett the Clockwork Dagger who forfeited his career with the Queen's secret society of spies and killers--and possibly his life--to save her. Now they are on a dangerous quest to find safety and answers: Why is Octavia so powerful? Why does she seem to be undergoing a transformation unlike any witnessed for hundreds of years?</p><p>The truth may rest with the source of her mysterious healing power--the Lady's Tree. But the tree lies somewhere in a rough inhospitable territory known as the Waste. Eons ago this land was made barren and uninhabitable by an evil spell until a few hardy souls dared to return over the last century. For years the Waste has waged a bloody battle against the royal court to win its independence--and they need Octavia's powers to succeed.</p><p>Joined by unlikely allies including a menagerie of gremlin companions she must evade killers and Clockwork Daggers on a dangerous journey through a world on the brink of deadly civil war.</p>