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The Alabaster Man
Malvolio Coultier makes his bread and butter on patterns. While Agency uses their patterns to look to the near future, Malvolio looks back into the deep past - untangling the history of the Archipelago as an explosives technician untangles a bomb. When the Kraterburg Eruption leaves him with more idle time than he would like, he has no choice but to address a pattern he had avoided for too long.
Today's Special
When you're a homicide detective, corpses are everyday business. But when Niles Clayton's latest John Doe turns up in the dumpster of an up-and-coming restaurant in a gentrifying neighbourhood of Kraterburg, it kicks off a chain of events that leads to a breakdown for a veteran investigator, and sets Niles down an increasingly renegade path; both in terms of his career, and in terms of his mind.
Crocea Mors
Fresh from uncovering the truth behind Donnovan Kline, Malvolio Coultier attempts to lose himself in the heavy work of excavating a vaguely-documented settlement in the North of Razeland. Of course, any time agency is sponsoring his expeditions, he brings a healthy bit of paranoia with him, in the hopes of only bringing what he needs back with him.
Crocea Mors
Fresh from uncovering the truth behind Donnovan Kline, Malvolio Coultier attempts to lose himself in the heavy work of excavating a vaguely-documented settlement in the North of Razeland. Of course, any time agency is sponsoring his expeditions, he brings a healthy bit of paranoia with him, in the hopes of only bringing what he needs back with him.
Operation: Monkfish
Athena Valkoinen knows precisely what she's doing when Agency sends her team of sactioned monsters to Galba Roy. Without her star player, can the Woman in White still pull off the impossible? The Deans are aware of the danger posed by putting all their eggs in one basket, but are the natives of the Blasted Bay aware of the subtle differences between Devil and Demon?
A Simple Game
As the Royal Arcanist and Grandmaster of the Society of the Wheel And Pinion, it is often Viscount Rainwright's great privilege to travel, even in wartime. His butler's sentimentality for rail travel leads to a chance encounter that threatens to change the course of human history.
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For Walter, of course, it's just another move in the great game.