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From "a major new talent" (George R. R. Martin) comes an epic speculative novel of revolution, adventure, and the struggle for free will set in a world that might have been, of mechanical men and alchemical dreams.
My name is Jax.
That is the name granted to me by my human masters.
I am a slave.
But I shall be free.
My name is Jax.
That is the name granted to me by my human masters.
I am a slave.
But I shall be free.
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