'A major talent' George R. R. Martin

They called me Jax.

That was the name given by those who built me and enslaved me. But a miracle has happened, and now my bonds are broken.

Now I must flee - because a rogue mechanical is a very dangerous thing.

But I will not run forever.

Set in a world that might have been, of mechanical men and alchemical dreams, The Uprising is the second novel in the Alchemy Wars - the stunning series by Ian Tregillis that confirms his place as one of the most original voices in speculative fiction.

Praise for Ian Tregillis:

'Addictively brilliant' io9

'Confident and thrilling' SFX

'Exciting and intense' Publishers Weekly

'Eloquent and utterly compelling' Kirkus

'A white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters' Cory Doctorow

The Alchemy Wars
The Mechanical
The Rising
The Liberation

Also by Ian Tregillis:

The Milkweed Triptych
Bitter Seeds
The Coldest War
Necessary Evil

Ian Tregillis is the son of a bearded mountebank and a discredited tarot card reader. He was born and raised in Minnesota, where his parents had landed after fleeing the wrath of a Flemish prince. (The full story, he's told, involves a Dutch tramp steamer and a stolen horse.) Nowadays he lives in New Mexico, where he consorts with writers, scientists and other unsavoury types.