Nineteenth Reign of the Clockwork God
By @김범주
In the soot-choked metropolis of Oakhaven, the Nineteenth Reign is about to begin. Every century, the Great Clockwork Engine demands a human sacrifice to rewind the city’s temporal anchors, keeping the encroaching, corrosive Void at bay. Enter Silas Vance, a cynical street-mechanic harboring a dangerous secret: he can interface directly with machinery using his own blood. When his sister is selected as the nineteenth sacrifice, Silas refuses to let history repeat itself. Armed with forbidden bio-mechanical blueprints and his volatile blood-alchemy, he must infiltrate the high-society Cathedral of Gears. To save his sister, Silas will have to dismantle the very foundation of the city, pitting himself against the ruthless Iron Inquisition. As the gears grind down to the final hour, he discovers that the clockwork gods he is fighting are far more sentient—and hungry—than anyone dared to believe. Silas must decide how much of his own humanity he is willing to replace with brass and iron.
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