From the crumbling factory district, beyond the dim light cast by the rusting oil lamps, rumors of a beast that hunts the poor are spreading. During the first midnight ride on his two-wheeled locomotive, Vyctor Frahnknshtyne, a brilliant inventor and student, stumbles upon a sweeping plot to steal life-force from the working poor of Travaille. He believes these disturbing events may be connected.

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 With corruption throughout the city government, Vyctor turns to his closest friends at the university to form a secret society to investigate. This adventurous group must now use their brilliance at inventing to face off against mechanical attack hounds, power hungry oligarchs, and immortal protectors about to become demigod monsters.

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 To make matters worse, Vyctor is mortally wounded, and to save him, his friends transfer his mind and life force into his own creation: a fantastic metal man. Will Vyctor’s new powers be what they need to turn the tide without losing his humanity in the process?