Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade-the dangerous device Jasper stole from him...for the life of the girl Jasper loves. 

One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei's neck tightens. And tightens. 

In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the "thing" inside her.

When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch….

Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she's special, says she's one of The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret.

Griffin's investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help—and finally be a part of something, finally fit in.

But The Machinist wants to tear Griff's little company of strays apart, and it isn't long before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows whose side she's on—even if it seems no one believes her.

Câmpiile Sfărâmate cunosc încă o bătălie, posibil confruntarea finală. Cu riscul unui nou legământ cu Pustiitorii, parshendii sunt hotărâți să-și învingă vechii dușmani. Descoperirea lui Shallan i-ar putea salva pe toți, însă eforturile ei par sortite eșecului.

Între timp, Kaladin trebuie să-și dea seama dacă datoria față de rege este și datoria față de el însuși. Pe fundalul unei lumi fără speranță și al unor revelații tulburătoare, singura cale de urmat e cea dreaptă.