A young adult steampunk novel -- Gillian Ward stumbles upon a plot by New Spain to conquer the Republic of Texas and incite a global war. Pursued by airships, enemy soldiers, and altered beasts, Gilly and her friends set out across the breadth of Texas. While racing to thwart the conquest of the Republic, Gilly discovers that she herself may be more than human...
A disgraced sheriff in antebellum Texas searches for kidnapped children while preventing a war between the native tribes and a murderous band of clockwork centaurs.