Book excerpt: "Keren is a sworn knight of Iomedae, proper and disciplined in every way. Her partner, Zae, is the opposite--a curious gnome priestess of the clockwork goddess, who loves nothing more than the chaos of her makeshift hospitals. When a powerful evil artifact is stolen from a crusader stronghold, both knight and gnome are sent to the great city of Absalom and immediately drawn into the clandestine search for the stolen Bloodstone. Sure, they may not be the most powerful or experienced members of their organizations, but that's the whole point--with legendary champions and undead graveknights battling in their race to recover the stone, who will notice one young knight and a gnome healer? All they have to do is stay alive long enough to outsmart a thief capable of evading both gods and heroes. No big deal, right?"--Publisher.