Novel 1: The Wrench in the Machine

In 1875, Inspector Ol�Barrow is called to investigate a double homicide in the city of Arkology � a steampunk metropolis powered by industry and secrecy. What begins as a mundane crime unravels into a techno-conspiracy that reaches beyond human comprehension. Shadowy agents guard the veil of reality, and a cult obsessed with mechanical ascension threatens to tear it apart. The Wrench in the Machine merges noir detective tension with cosmic mystery, questioning the nature of progress and the price of knowledge. Can one man resist the gears of inevitability before the world itself breaks down?