Moist von Lipwig, a man whose career had been built on deception, found himself ensnared by the authorities and sentenced to death under the false name of Arthur Spangler. A brief confinement in prison followed, culminating in a hanging tha…

Moist von Lipwig discovers that the venerable Post Office has been rendered obsolete by towering telegraph structures called "Clacks," now controlled by the shifty Reacher Gilt. Determined to regain a foothold in the world of communication,…