The steel heart of the Alchemical-Industrial revolution begins to beat in the proud nation of Madea. With new technologies on their side, they are sure to win victory against the elves at last! But the stirring of gears and pistons heralds more than a new way of doing business and war. Alchemy, they say, is the art of transformation. The hearts of humans and elves begin to transform, and the new world that emerges is unlike anything any of them had predicted ...