Straggletaggle
J. M. McDermott
- The
- clockwork
- kingdom
- of
- Saxonia
- engineered
- itself
- into
- a
- machine
- of
- the
- law,
- refashioning
- even
- its
- citizens’
- bodies
- into
- cogs
- and
- pistons.
- Before
- the
- chirurgeons
- and
- engineers
- splice
- his
- brain
- inside
- the
- crown,
- Prince
- Hollownot
- escapes
- into
- the
- kingdom’s
- flogistan
- soul,
- where
- he
- sees
- all
- possible
- futures.
- In
- one,
- Princess
- Sapsorrow
- can
- break
- the
- law
- with
- contradiction
- and
- shatter
- the
- kingdom.
- But
- saving
- the
- world
- from
- the
- machine
- comes
- at
- a
- high
- price:
- Her
- love,
- her
- family,
- and
- her
- physical
- body
- will
- all
- be
- destroyed.
- The
- neighboring
- kingdom
- of
- Bavaria
- has
- seen
- nothing
- come
- past
- the
- great
- clockwork
- wall
- of
- Saxonia
- for
- centuries
- until
- a
- Straggletaggle
- appears
- with
- an
- odd
- physiognomy
- —
- maybe
- human,
- maybe
- not
- —
- and
- an
- incredible
- tale
- of
- escape
- from
- Saxonia.
- She
- claims
- ignorance
- of
- the
- nearby
- fatal
- airship
- crash
- and
- the
- exquisite
- prosthetic
- foot
- in
- the
- wreckage.
- When
- a
- phonograph
- wrapped
- in
- the
- shell
- of
- a
- man
- arrives
- demanding
- Princess
- Sapsorrow’s
- return,
- Bavaria's
- disgraced
- prince
- and
- scientist
- princess,
- with
- their
- intrepid
- bodyguard,
- embark
- on
- a
- perilous
- mission
- with
- the
- Straggletaggle
- as
- their
- guide,
- to
- stop
- a
- war
- that,
- should
- it
- start,
- can
- only
- end
- with
- Saxonia
- turning
- the
- people
- of
- Bavaria
- into
- components
- of
- its
- horrific machine.
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