num_pages: 480
description: The second book in the Alchemy Wars trilogy by Ian Tregillis an epic tale of liberation and war. Jax a rogue Clakker has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames he must begin his life as a free Clakker but liberation proves its own burden. Berenice formerly the legendary spymaster of New France mastermind behind her nation's attempts to undermine the Dutch Hegemony -- has been banished from her homeland and captured by the Clockmakers Guild's draconian secret police force.Meanwhile Captain Hugo Longchamp is faced with rallying the beleaguered and untested defenders of Marseilles-in-the-West for the inevitable onslaught from the Brasswork Throne and its army of mechanical soldiers.
language: English
title: The Rising
publisher: Orbit