Up until now, I've been lucky that titles come easily to me. I mean, Dragons Don't Eat Meat is just pure gold. I often have a title before I even start the book. And that title can provide inspiration, or help to clarify themes, or even shape the plot. All of these happened with the first two titles for The Knack Series--A Knack for Metal and Bone and Mech and Magic. But now, I have a first draft of Book 3, and titles are eluding me. There's a lot going on in this book and I have a few (maybe too many) to choose from.

There is a lot to take into consideration with a title. Modern algorithms use titles as part of the metadata for search indexes, so strong keywords are a good idea. Made up words tend not to do so well. Certain words also denote genre. Some words scream sci-fi, dystopian, romance or even cozy. So I need to be careful to set the right tone. I also try to choose a title that hasn't been used on Amazon yet. This is not strictly necessary because titles can't be copyrighted in the U.S., but it's a personal preference. At the very least, I try not to pick a title similar to another in my genre.

The last criteria is reader appeal. Which title will stand out on a sales page and pique reader curiosity enough to make them click "read more."
So help me out and choose your top 2 favorites from the list below for The Knack Book 3.

A note about Book 3: I don't have a blurb for the book yet, and this poll is more about first impressions, so I won't go into details about the story here. I will say that it is Noah's story and will be set in the fictional town of Titan Bay, a community devoted to farming the magic mineral called thera. Noah is a doctor investigating the link between thera and a sickness that is affecting many people in the city. This is where the plague or cure reference comes in. A town so heavily invested in the future of thera isn't going to embrace Noah's findings, hence the rebellion and mutiny references. And, of course, there will be monsters of all sorts.