In a world where the steam engine is about to be invented, our fairy tales and rhymes are their real world events and people. Meet the secret societies the Tub, lead by a butcher, baker and candle-stick maker, and the Fare, lead by the Piemans. Join Tee, Elly and Richy as they go from their first moments of getting in the way of someone trying to steal steam engine plans from master inventor, Nikolas Klaus, to finding themselves being truly tested as war breaks out. Meet the Cochon brothers, the Piemans and other great characters in the series as the intensity grows, and the adventure unleashes! Books 1 & 2 were IAN Book of the Year 2015 finalists.