Cailin, an Irish orphan, escapes from a nineteenth century textile mill where she has been held a virtual prisoner. She flees into a primeval forest where she encounters a clutch of curious characters who have been infected by a contagion created by the Quantum Mechanics, two snake oil hucksters who have recklessly concocted a cure all elixir that mutates people into half human, half machine hybrids.
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