A New Novella From Award-winning Author Adrian Tchaikovskywelcome To Fountains Parish--a Cesspit Of Trade And Crime, Where Ambition Curls Up To Die And Desperation Grows On Its Cobbled Streets Like Mold On Week-old Bread. Coppelia Is A Street Thief, A Trickster, A Low-level Con Artist. But She Has Something Other Thieves Don't... Tiny Puppet-like Companions: Some Made Of Wood, Some Of Metal. They Don't Entirely Trust Her, And She Doesn't Entirely Understand Them, But Their Partnership Mostly Works.after A Surprising Discovery Shakes Their World To The Core, Coppelia And Her Friends Must Re-examine Everything They Thought They Knew About Their World, While Attempting To Save Their City From A Seemingly Impossible New Threat.making Friends Has Never Been So Important.