Clockwork BoysIn the first book of this touching and darkly comic duology, a paladin, a forger, an assassin, and a scholar ride out of town on an espionage mission with deadly serious stakes. When forger Slate is convicted of treason, she faces a death sentence. But her unique gift for sniffing out magic (literally) earns her a reprieve of sorts. Along with a paladin, Caliban, possessed by a demon, her murderous ex lover, and an irritating misogynist scholar, Slate