Thorn and Needle

Everyone said Miyesti was the perfect city, a place where marvels transpired daily. Wagons rolled without horses. Voices spoke out of the air. And lamps blazed without wicks. All this was the handiwork of a mysterious new god. To the fabled city came two travelers: a seedy, arrogant nobleman and his sullen manservant. But what brought them to Miyesti, a city of virtue and piety? Was it the techno-information god The Fact? Or was it fear of what the nobleman had left behind?