Chronicles of the Aetherium Age

Previously

…A cold knot of dread tightened in Elias’s stomach. He was no longer just racing against time; he was racing against a force that would stop at nothing to claim its prize. He looked back at the ‘Iron Serpent,’ a surge of pride and protectiveness washing over him. He had built her for this, for the impossible journey. And now, it was time to see if she, and he, were truly ready. The path ahead, according to the map, led into the heart of a vast, uncharted mountain range, a place where the very air thrummed with an unseen energy. Aethelgard, he knew, was close. And so, he suspected, was Rostova. The true test was about to begin.