Steel City, Veiled Kingdom, Part 1: Surface

Jerimin Icarii has absolutely no idea how to be a faerie Queen's entire royal court.But he knows he cannot screw it up.So far, the job involves reheating twelve frozen dinners for two people inside a giant tree palace decked out in pink quartz and gold.The Queen can rewrite a man's past.She cannot operate a microwave."e;We will be a good team, Idothink."e;Jerimin desperately hopes so.Days ago, he was homeless. He's grateful just to have a roof over his head.The Queen thinks considerably bigger.She wants Jerimin working at one of the galaxy's greatest scientific institutes.Jerimin has never even been to university.The Queen is confident he can come up with an idea worthy of legend.Jerimin thinks she's a lunatic.He already told her he'd do anything she asks.But he has no idea what the Queen will ask for next…STEEL CITY, VEILED KINGDOM, PART 1: SURFACE is a maximalist science-fantasy odyssey about a man who would settle for survival—and a second chance that refuses to stay small.You'll desperately want Jerimin's second chance to work—and enjoy every alarming sign that it might.