The Gilded Guardians: Forge of the living clock

By Mano Jay

In the shadow of the Tatra Mountains, the future is ticking-and it's running out of time.

Jan, a student with a knack for mechanics, thought he was building a simple prototype. He was wrong. In a world where cities are powered by ancient, buried "Gilded Cogs" and every clock tower hides a secret, Jan discovers that his life's work is actually a key to something much darker: the Great Synchronization.

Alongside his friends-the fiercely loyal Zofia and Piotr, a boy whose very body becomes a vessel for forbidden power-Jan uncovers a conspiracy that spans a century. Their mentors, the Brotherhood of the Golden Cog, aren't protectors of the world; they are the architects of a mechanical prison, and they have been waiting for Jan to turn the key.

As the Master Clock rises from the depths of the Baltic Sea to rewrite the laws of the world, Jan must face the truth of his own origins. He isn't just a boy from the Market Square-he is the only one who can rewrite the machine's soul.

The gears are turning. The Architect is waking. And the only way to save the future is to break the world they were built to serve.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWXSD17F
• ISBN13: 9798257075148
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.5"