The Flame Owl

Stefan Mlynarczyk took refuge in Lowe Road workhouse. An impromptu concert amongst the men of his dormitory causes extraordinary pain to a dying woman. When the warden, intervenes to quell the disturbance, Stefan turns a proud face towards authority - and everyone gets more than they bargained for.

A novelette set in the magical Insulan Empire, where the spirit world is just one small step away from the mundane world, this is the second in a series of prelude stories to a grand steampunk-fantasy epic.