In Her Majesty's Service

Ned Vale has survived his first year at Avalon, but belonging to the Academy is only the beginning. In his second year, Crown Practicals open doors into the wider Empire: sky-docks, signal towers, naval yards, route offices, workshops, wards, and the dangerous machinery behind imperial service.As Ned and his friends learn how records, permissions, class, tools, and trust really work, the shadow of...