Book excerpt: In a future Denmark, the King's clockmaker becomes enmeshed in a web of court intrigue, and undertakes a fateful journey to the far north. "I love this book. It's alternate history, it's historical fantasy, it's steampunk. It has a literary feel without being pretentious or alienating. Maybe by 'literary' I simply mean 'damn well written'." - Autumn Barlow, author of The Letter in the Briefcase