Once a student of alchemy with the dark scholars of the Technic League,
Alaeron fled their arcane order when his conscience got the better of
him, taking with him a few strange devices of unknown function. Now in
hiding in a distant city, he's happy to use his skills creating minor
potions and wonders--at least until the back-alley rescue of an
adventurer named Jaya lands him in trouble with a powerful crime lord.
In order to keep their heads, Alaeron and Jaya must travel across wide
seas and steaming jungles in search of a wrecked flying city and the
magical artifacts that can buy their freedom. Yet the Technic League
hasn't forgotten Alaeron's betrayal, and an assassin armed with alien
weaponry is hot on their trail....