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Riptide Publishing
February 2016
On Sale: February 3, 2016
218 pages
ISBN: 1626493944
EAN: 9781626493940
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Fantasy
Thomas Escott has always wanted to be a toymaker, yet just as he achieves his dream, an accident claims his right hand. Heβs certain his life is overβuntil he hears about groundbreaking prosthetics being made by a reclusive inventor. Jethro Hastings is perfectly content to live alone up in the mountains working on a secret masterpiece: a humanoid automaton that will change the scientific community forever. Heβs behind schedule, and the date of the unveiling is fast approaching, so when Thomas shows up on his doorstep offering help in exchange for a mechanical hand, Jethro agrees. Time, after all, is running out on another deal heβs made: one with the devil. The devil gives Jethroβs inventions life, but he can just as quickly take life awayβJethroβs, to be exact. As the sand in the devilβs hourglass falls, marking the time until the end of the deal, inventions go haywire, people get hurt, and Thomas realizes he needs Jethro just as much as his prosthetic. Now he must find a way to save Jethroβs soul, but negotiating with a devil is just as difficult as it sounds.
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