Ink For Blood

The Machine gives.
The Machine protects.
The Machine lies.

A hundred years ago, the Great Machine rose from the sea and lumbered onto the English coastline. Now it's a part of daily life for the people of Wrotdam as they use the Ink dripping from its chassis to power their city, develop wondrous inventions, and protect themselves from the sludge-like Mire that mindlessly seeks to infect them. On the eve of the Machine's centennial, a young woman comes to Wrotdam claiming the Mire is becoming ...