Bone and Jewel Creatures

Bone and Jewel Creatures by Bear, Elizabeth. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781596062740.

Dark magic is afoot in the City of Jackals... Eighty years Bijou the Artificer has been a Wizard of Messaline, building her servants from precious scraps, living with the memory of a great love that betrayed her. She is ready to rest. But now her former apprentice, Brazen the Enchanter, has brought her a speechless feral child poisoned by a sorcerous infection. Now, Messaline is swept by a mysterious plague. Now the seeping corpses of the dead stalk the streets. Now, finally, Bijous old nemesis--Bijous old love--Kaulas the Necromancer is unleashing a reeking half-death on Bijous people. And only Bijou and her creatures wrought of bone and jewels can save the City of Jackals from his final revenge.