The Boy with the Smart Lantern

In the city of Stone and Smoke, where the chimneys of Newcastle tickle the clouds, a young boy is about to discover a secret that the Great Gold-Dragon has spent centuries trying to hide.

While the Silk-Hatted Men count their clipped gold in the high squares, the Boy finds an ancient Lantern of Glass in a quiet cellar. It doesn't burn oil, and it doesn't need a match. It humms with the energy of a new kind of treasure—a Man-Made Wonder called the Gold Caspian.

This is a legendary crypto-fable...