The ingenious
(Book)

Thousands of years ago, the city of Athanor was set adrift in time and space by alchemists, the "Curious Men." Ever since, wherever it has manifested around this world, it has accumulated cultures, citizens and species, growing into a vast, unmappable metropolis. Isten and her gang of half-starved political exiles are scraping a living from petty crime and gangland warfare in Athanor's seediest alleys. Though they dream of returning home to lead a glorious revolution, Isten's downward spiral is dragging them into a mire of addiction and violence. Isten must find a way to save both the exiles and herself if they are ever to build a better, fairer life for the people of their distant homeland.