After revealing her hybrid nature to Septimus beyond her pack, Manu hopes that superstition and suspicion do not prevent her and her friends from finding allies in their fight for a better future.

Publisher Annotation: In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time-and a destroyed one can stop it completely. Seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows because his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. Though Danny can repair not only clockwork, but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is becoming a concern to his superiors. They assign...