A Brief Teaser

I'm writing a book of my own actually. A trilogy, with a little luck. Here's some background before I post the first chapter.

The world is much like our own, liberally altered. The laws of reality change over vast spans of time as starts align into intricate geometric patterns. The current reality in the year 2000 is much like our science and technology. Theirs is more 'primitive' however.

Their technology focuses on steam power and clockwork. It is quite advanced, but digital technology is non-existent as is the combustion engine. There do exist enormous analog computers. These are slow, but potent enough as to be almost sentient.

Magic also exists. It is extremely hard to master and dangerous as all hell. It is also a very well kept secret.
The story follows Eliza Fyrwen. She is a young woman, 22. She is a witch attending Harvard 'After Dark,' which Harvard become on certain nights. She will soon graduate with honors in witchcraft, majoring in Golemetry. She works for a strange un-aging man in a building no one else can see. Her 'guardian' and partner is a ghost.

The starts are aligning, and something is awakening...