44The Sculptor and the Scalpel » Healer and hobgoblin Septimus Marchpane escapes from slavery in the fighting pits of the Forest to study at the flying city of Oxford, Karla, a young warwolf and inventor, carries a devastating secret, as she leaves her hiding place to join a pirate airship. Centuries after the Cataclysm, they will meet in the heat of battle, as war threatens to destroy civilization once again.