Julia hoped this was worth it—not that she had any real choice. She needed money to settle her father’s debts, and organized crime was the only business in town. If she wanted to turn Five Points around, she needed access to prohibited equipment, and that was where her uncle came in. She hadn’t expected his connections to extend all the way to the president, but once he’d reached out, there was no going back. President Harper’s demands were clear: be reprinted, submit to her leadership, and Julia would have everything she needed to take New York. That creep Takamatsu promised the clock was a wonderful, safe invention, but he was too in love with his machines to see their flaws. She didn’t trust him or his opinions.