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A feared Iron Duke holds a half-Horde detective captive aboard his ship — and decides he wants to keep her.

Content Warnings
dubious consentviolence/gore

Description

Treasure hunter Archimedes Fox tracks down Yasmeen, the captain of the airship Lady Corsair, seeking the valuable da Vinci sketch she stole causing them both to fall into enemy hands in Horde-occupied Morocco in this sequel to The Iron Duke. Original. 35,000 first printing.

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