Steel City, Veiled Kingdom: The Complete Edition

Gattaca by way of The Fifth Element—and the double life is just the beginning.Jerimin Icarii's life is over.Once, he was a brilliant young scientist. Then society declared him dangerous.He is exhausted. Homeless. Desperate.High above the steel city, Jerimin closes his eyes and steps toward his death.Then a wild-haired stranger tackles him to the ground."e;Do not,"e; she says. "e;I need you."e;She claims to be the Queen of the faerie world. And she offers Jerimin something nobody else will: his life back.In return, Jerimin must do whatever she asks.Whatever she asks.He says yes.Now Jerimin has two lives. The one everyone can see is propped up by the one nobody can know about. One mistake could cost him both.He slips through a secret door and becomes a bizarre Queen's entire royal court. He brews the tea. Microwaves the dinners. Works the screens.Apparently, this is what a second chance looks like.But the Queen already has bigger work for him: enter the most prestigious scientific institute in the galaxy.Jerimin has never even been to university.The Queen thinks he could do something extraordinary.Jerimin thinks she is a lunatic. The Queen does not.Soon, getting into the institute will look like the easy part.Jerimin's inventions will stop fitting neatly inside laboratories.The Queen's problems will stop fitting neatly underground.And Jerimin will keep responding to every impossible situation with the same dangerous conviction:There has to be another way.STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM is a maximalist science-fantasy odyssey about one man's spectacular refusal to stay down.You'll desperately want Jerimin to succeed. Eventually, you'll be terrified that he will.