The next in a fantastic new American steampunk series of guns, gears, steam, and magic. With the aid of his crew, bounty hunter and lycanthrope Cedar Hunt is on a quest to track down all the pieces of the Holder—a deadly weapon capable of great destruction. But a glacial storm forces them to take refuge in the frontier town of Des Moines, Iowa, where creatures of myths and legends run wild through the streets and the mayor rules with an iron fist. To make things worse, Mayor Vanbrough is also mining cold copper for the cataclysmic generators beneath Des Moines. Now Cedar must navigate a town where new friends might not be what they seem, old enemies may be his only hope of survival, and the weapons and deals made by good people may decide who rules the the land... and the sky.