Crista McHugh
There’s no room for magic in the Age of Steam…After winning the Civil War against the ConfederateWielders, the Union Machinists have outlawed magic tousher in a new age of steam-powered technology. Diah,an alchemist and the only non-wielder in his family,owes his brother for saving his life in the war; so whenCager is blackmailed into procuring the magical hide ofthe White Buffalo, Diah accompanies him to the Dakotaterritory.Their guide is Oni, a half-Lakota woman with plenty ofsecrets to hide. She’s a magic wielder with an illegalwand concealed in her knife—and she’s a coyote shifter.To her people, killing the White Buffalo is not onlysacrilege, it’s dangerous. Oni has no intention ofhelping them actually achieve their mission—until shefalls in love with Diah… 3