It arrived one day, the royal seal stamped in blue. More than twenty years later, Jordiana still hasn't opened it. But the magic within it won't wait forever. And neither will her son, who is discovering the power that she tried to hide.

Wizards are drug-addled charlatans, and Petronaut engineer Horace Lundin has no patience for them. He applies the scientific method to magic, creating boxy spellcasting robots. In this steampunk swashbuckler, will human or silicon wizardry save the day?