Industrialization, science and steam are coming to the forefront of a new age in which the old paradigms of magic and nobility are slowly being abandoned. Salons are filled with the bored rich, while the poor struggle in workhouses or worse - fighting the French who oppose the British Empire's sprawling supremacy. But the old ways have merely retreated into the shadows that shining machines and technological Wonders cast: werewolves still stalk London's underbelly and the nouveau riche are not the only ones out for blood. And for every Wonder that the engineers produce, the magicians can conjure another...
The Difference Engine has indeed made all the difference, but will it be enough?
A Delicate Engine will always remember W. Olivia Race: writer, editor, friend. Without her creativity, there would be no Delicate Engine.
If the darkness falls about me,
Can I get there by candle light?
If your heels are nimble and light,
You can get there by candlelight.-How Many Miles to Babylon
