Kane once died in a noose. Now he has a god in his head, and a city to save.

Hundreds of miles from the gallows, Kane has built a new life baking sweets in the hillside city of Torry. But when a brawl with a drunken constable uncovers a conspiracy of poisoned tea and black powder, Kane is caught between a plot threatening his newfound home, and the god in his head intent on saving the world—even if it costs Torry itself.

Outmatched, Kane stakes Torry’s survival

A thief with a stolen firearm and a vendetta against its maker.

A suicidal, immortal musician who can’t abandon a good story.

A monstrous wizard hellbent on doing right.

A diminutive chemist chasing a kidnapping no one believes happened.

But Kane knows the line between hero and monster is a noose, and it's tightening again.