During the Victorian age, the British Empire thrummed with the vigor of a steam-driven industrial surge. Emulating his renowned lineage of inventors, James Ray Steam spent his adolescence in Manchester laboring at nearby mills and pilfering parts for his personal projects. One morning, a parcel arrived bearing an odd orb fitted with a valve, sent by his grandfather who had been collaborating in the United States with Ray"s father. Yet soon after, members of the O"Hara Foundation burst into his dwelling demanding its surrender. Perplexed and terrified, Ray fled toward the residence of his grandfather"s associate, Robert Stephenson, with assailants hot on his heels. As he endeavored to unravel the orb"s mystery and unlock its hidden force, it appeared that almost every corner of the British Empire was poised to claim it from him. The chase would test his ingenuity and the limits of loyalty across continents ever.