In the land of Volstov, Owen Adamo, the hard-as-nails exโChief Sergeant of the Dragon Corps, learns that Volstovโs ruler, the Esar, is secretly pursuing plans to resurrect magically powered sentient robot dragonsโeven at the risk of igniting another war. Though Adamo is not without friendsโthe magician Royston and former corpsman Balfourโthere is only so much he and his allies can do. Adamo has been put out to pasture, given a professorship at the University. Royston, already exiled once, dares not risk the Esarโs wrath again. And Balfour, who lost both his hands in the war, is now a diplomatโand still trying to master the metal replacements that have earned him various nicknames . . . of which โSteelhandsโ is the least offensive.
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But sometimes help comes where itโs least expected. In this case, from two students: Laurence, a feisty young woman raised by her father to be the son he never had, and Toverre, her brilliant if neurotic fiancรฉ. When a mysterious illness strikes the university, Laurence takes her suspicions to Adamoโand unwittingly sets in motion events that will change Volstov forever.
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