
by Maurim
In the steam-driven city of Bridan, five strangers are pulled into a conspiracy to wake spirits that left the world an age ago. The men who want them back are willing to spend every life in the city to do it.A mercenary. A thief. An academic. A watchman. An aristocrat's daughter. They have lived worlds apart until now.As forgotten secrets of magic surface, each of them ends up holding a thread of the same plot. The war to control the spirits may cost everything they hold dear.Welcome to Superia — elemental spirits, steampunk machinery and lost artifacts holding a fragile balance across the five regions of Lur. Spirits do not return without a price.―――Told in rotating POV. Every chapter follows one of the five.Co-written by Graham McNeill, three-time New York Times bestselling author (Warhammer 40,000, Arcane).Updates five times a week.
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