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Anyone can plot a coup or flames an assassin's bullet. However in an environment of muskets and magic, it requires considerably more to seize the throne. The ailing Ruler of the Vordan is on his deathbed. When he dies, his princess, Raesinia Orboan, will become the first Queen Regnant in ages - and a ripe aim for for the ambitious men who seek to control her. The best dangerous of these is Duke Orlanko, Minister of Information and expert of the trick police. Having meticulously silenced his adversaries through intimidation, imprisonment, and execution, Orlanko is the most feared man in the kingdom. And he is aware of an arcane secret that puts Raesinia completely at his mercy. Exposure means damage, but Raesinia is set to discover a way to break herself - and her country - out of Orlanko' s iron grip. She confirms unlikely allies in the returning warfare hero Janus wager Vhalnich, fresh from a brilliant marketing campaign in the colony of Khandar, and his dedicated deputies, Captain Marcus d' Ivoire and Lieutenant Winter Ihernglass. As Marcus and Winter struggle to find their places in the home they never thought they might see again, they help Janus and Raesinia set in motion events that can free Vordan from Orlanko' s affect - at the price of throwing the country into chaos. But with the folks struggling under the Duke' s tyranny, they plan to protect the kingdom with every electricity they can order, earthly or otherwise.
