Of Gilded Flesh : Genregamutbooks : 9781948718059 : 1948718057 : 07 Sep 2021 : Clockmaker Josef Kronecker makes more than just clocks. In his study in Salzburg, he crafts lifesaving clockwork appendages for clients, including a famous pianist, a count who loves to dance, and his very own assistant, Anna, who suffered a harrowing attack before coming to work at Kronecker's Timepieces. When Josef meets Klara, a beautiful party attendee, he's entranced and soon becomes unknowingly entrapped in a web of lies. His infatuation positions him as the victim of a royal bully, who presents an impossible challenge and requests an unthinkable sacrifice should Josef run out of time. While Josef falls for Klara and is held to a deadline he can't possibly make, Anna keeps the shop afloat as she faces her past trauma, proving that the number of limbs does not make a person whole, but rather the will to live. Sustaining life is Josef's calling, but now it's his life on the line. As the clock