Sci-Fi, Steampunk

Prussia, 1895. Jewish conscript Sam Mondshine survives the explosion of a prototype weapon—a miracle that makes him dangerous to the wrong people. Branded a deserter, he flees into a world of assassins, saboteurs, and deadly machines.
In Galicia, mechanic and widow Deyna Haber sees her family blamed after a noble’s son is hurt and her brother-in-law dies saving him. With the mob coming and snow falling, she sets out on foot—her sister, eight children, and a forged letter in tow.
They are fusgeyers: Jews walking away from a collapsing world with nothing left to lose. Searching for safety across broken borders, they carry stories, tools, and names no empire wants to remember.

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