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The Clockwork Dicide

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dystopian machines

In the towering, gear-driven city of Brassreach, the wealthy live high above the clouds in the shining Sky Spires, while everyone else struggles to survive in the rust-choked streets below. Elias Ward, a 13-year-old tinkerer from the Rust District, has always been told to keep his head down and stay quiet.

But after his father mysteriously disappears, Elias discovers a hidden blueprint for a machine that could change everything-the Aether Engine, a device powerful enough to give the lower city clean air, working machines, and freedom from the government that controls them.

Now the ruthless Council of Gears will do anything to stop him. Their soldiers stalk the streets. Their airships patrol the skies. And whispers spread that the boy with the blueprint is worth more alive than dead.

Forced to run, Elias joins a group of rebels, learning who to trust-and who wants to use him. With danger tightening around him, Elias must decide:

Will he destroy the machine to stay safe?
Or finish what his father started and risk starting a revolution?

The future of the city ticks closer with every turn of the gear...All Rights Reserved

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