Forward; One long author's note

A battle for the throne, a prophecy, an inventor, and a game of life and death.

Enter Mafaria; a world that has outlived its time of castles and knights and has moved to an era of technology powered by steam.
Though for all their ingenious inventions, the people are enslaved to the Abyss keepers-- terrible worshipers of the abyss that sits near the edge of their city. The Abyss is said to have been a punishment from the gods; each day swallowing a bit more of the city.
Yet to please the Abyss, one human is lowered as sacrifice and joins those known as the Lost.
But when a young inventor dares to defy the law, he finds that all is not what it seems and he dares...to enter the Abyss.

Note; The cover for this book was made by me