A supernatural swarm. A treacherous scheme. A tinker's apprentice may be the village's only hope... Jacob has yet to meet a gadget he couldn't fix or an adventure he couldn't resist. With trade routes to his remote Lowlands town cut off, Jacob must exchange his boyhood adventures for petty theft. After all, his wages at the tinker shop aren't enough to pay for his father's medicine. But it soon becomes clear why few merchants brave the nearby...