In The Clockwork Sparrow, Amelia Thorne, a Victorian inventor’s daughter, discovers a mechanical bird left by her late father, leading her to the Chronomancers, a secret society guarding time-altering tech. With Professor Crowe, she battles the Shadow Guild’s leader, Victor Slade, to protect a Temporal Core, facing rifts and personal betrayal. After disrupting Slade’s Time Engine, Amelia mends temporal damage, founding an academy to guide ethical innovation, evolving from grief to leadership.