Ley Tuner's Oath

In an empire powered by steam, poor dock boy Ned Vale should never have mattered.  But after a sabotaged Crown skyship crashes at the docks, Ned's strange ability to hear the stress in crystal machinery drags him into Avalon Academy, where noble heirs train for service, war, and empire.At Avalon, Ned learns magic, makes friends, earns rivals, and discovers that his hands are better suited to makin...