The Divisional Commissar

A world split into pieces is held together only by iron railways. Trains racing straight through frozen time. Alchemical factories that process and burn Eternity itself into energy. Strange and terrifying entities sometimes penetrate cities and, with a single touch, turn people into the “touched”—those who are no longer alive, yet didn’t get the misfortune of dying.

The main character is a special police commissioner investigating cases involving entities, underground alchemists, and bomb-makers. When a string of strange murders and robberies sweeps through the city, he suddenly understands the riddle may lie in his past.