5. Lost Time: the Clockmaker's Conspiracy

The mechanical detective and his steamy sidekick In the steampunk city of New Victoria in 1901, mechanical detective Vidoc Hawke used his left-eye steam telescope/right-arm universal tool box to investigate a flesh-and-blood gear that was unexpectedly discovered at the Queen's funeral—a growing mechanical heart. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that all the victims have been exposed to mysterious meteorite: this alien metal gives machines autonomous consciousness, but corrodes human DNA, causing mechanical mutants to appear in the city. Time loop countdown: London will fall into the deep sea The city is trapped in a time vortex that is faster than 0.01 Seconds every day. When Big Ben resonates with the earth's center time anchor, the entire city will fall into the dimensional rift of the Deep Sea Federation. Hawke must decipher the seven secrets of the mechanical heart within 100 cycles and prevent the Gear Council from using meteorite iron to create a perfect robot army. The Maze of Memories of the Dead and the Cthulhu Conspiracy As he deduces the case through steamy thinking gears, Hawke becomes trapped in a digital maze made up of the dead man's memories. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.