"The Coolest Fantasy Story You'll Read This Week" i09 "I absolutely loved it. Wexler balances the actions of his very human characters with just the right amount of imaginative "magic" to keep me wanting more" -- Taylor Anderson, National Bestselling Author of the Destroyerman Series "Wexler has produced something unusual in the fantasy line, with a setting reminiscent of the early Victorian period, out on the bleeding edge of Empire, a world of dust and bayonets and muskets... and magic. The characters are fascinating and - all- of them have secrets ... I read it at a gulp and look forward to more" -- S.M. Stirling, New York Times bestselling author of LORD OF MOUNTAINS "Extremely strong debut, flintlock fantasy at its best ... there's a new military fiction cowboy in town and his name is Django." -- Nick Sharps SF Signal

Django Wexler was born in San Francisco and raised in Westchester, New York. While attending Carnegie Mellon University for computer science and creative writing, he published his first two novels, Memories of Empire and Shinigami, with small publisher Medallion Press. He currently works for Microsoft in Seattle, Washington.