The crippled god of metallurgy, fire, and alchemy has many names and many faces-sometimes Hephaestus, Ptah, or Vulcan. He changes to suit his needs. And just like his names, his creations have gone through countless revisions. This time, he's finally onto something-his Automata have turned the heads of other gods. They've noticed their pre-programmed potential. There's a reason Vulcan didn't scrap the Automata-a reason he left them in the care of humans all this time. They were just the beta testers for his most intricate windup toy yet...]