The Alchemy Of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia

A lyrical steampunk fable about a sentient clockwork automaton who keeps the city’s clocks and quietly longs for autonomy and connection; as social and political tensions flare around her, she must navigate questions of identity, love, and power, confronting the blurred boundaries between machine and human while uncovering the costs and possibilities of freedom.

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