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In a world where towering Spires govern via airship fleets, Captain Grimm of the merchant ship *Predator* aligns with Spire Albion during a bitter cold war against Spire Aurora, relentlessly attacking the rival's cargos. After his ship is crippled, Grimm trades service for repairs, joining a covert Albion team on an urgent mission. As Grimm works to complete the assignment, he discovers that the clash of Spires foreshadows a greater danger: humanity’s ancient enemy, dormant for ten millennia, is awakening, and its resurgence will bring catastrophic death.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Jim Butcher
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