Experimental Magics - Experimental Magics, #1

After centuries of absence, magic has reappeared, causing panic and controversy. Professor Adrienne Imlay, raised in the decaying streets of the once magic city of Gandarah, hides both her magic gift and her knowledge of ancient artifacts. When her controversial research draws her into a web of intrigue, she meets a mad scientist whose dangerous magic machine is about to change the fate of the world.
Assisted by unlikely allies and armed with little more than a railway timetable, Adrienne sets out to stop him. But as the lines between magic and science blur, she discovers that both worlds operate by their own set of rules. The most critical of all is: everything has a price.