COPPERVEIN

In the heart of the Iron Spires, debt decides everything.

The Copperveins are cyborg soldiers owned by the Ministry, sent into ruined zones to work off what they owe. Every damaged part adds to the bill. Their captain, Silas, runs on a pneumatic heart wired with a kill-switch.

Garrick carries his daughter’s broken music box. Tess calculates their chances of coming home. Pip jokes when those chances get worse. Keeping them alive matters more to Silas than following orders.

When they find a relic that could break the Ministry’s grip and uncover plans to poison the forests, the crew turns to the people they were sent to fight. The Root offers a chance at freedom, but its help will change their bodies forever.

Caught in a war between iron and earth, Silas and his crew must decide whether they are gears in the machine or the force that breaks it.