Religious Hierarchy

Targeted by a mad scientist's deadly serum, these outcasts band together to uncover the truth and to fight back.

Spire City is home to mighty machines of steam power and clockwork, and giant beetles pull picturesque carriages over cobbled streets, but there is a darker secret behind these wonders. A deadly infection, created by a mad scientist, is spreading through the city, targeting the poor and powerless, turning them slowly into animals. A group of those infected by the serum join together to survive, to trick the wealthy out of their money, and to fight back.

Anda's infection is farther along that even the others in the Weave suspect, but she finds comfort in the disciplines of the church where she was once an acolyte. Not everyone agrees that people like her ought to be accepted by the church, though, and the priestess's welcome draws the attention of those with much more power than a poor little church wields.