Hope and Brigga Lin begin their desperate assault on the palace, but the choices Red makes could mean the difference between victory or complete annihilation.

After two years of preparation, Brigga Lin finally reveals her astonishing discovery to the Council of Biomancery and is surprised by their reaction. Hope and Red chase Teltho Kan to the imperial capital of Stonepeak, where they are forced to rethink their plan.

The reunion with Red’s estranged family ends in disaster as Teltho Kan reveals someone from Hope’s past who as been made into a hideous new weapon to serve him. But that isn’t the only scheme the biomancer has in store.

Hope and Red receive help in their hunt for Teltho Kan from an unlikely source. And the trail leads to an even less likely destination.

The gang war in Paradise Circle brings the unwelcome attention of imperial soldiers. And leading those soldiers is the biomancer who massacred Hope’s village ten years ago.

Hope and Red uncover the terrible secret of how Deadface Drem has gained power. With the help of Red’s friends, they reveal it to the people of Paradise Circle, and violence swiftly follows.

After fending off another attack by Drem’s gang, Hope decides to go on the offensive. Red has an idea how to help her, but even if the plan succeeds, it might make them both enemies of Paradise Circle.

Hope and Red go on the run from Deadface Drem and his gang. Sadie’s illness takes a turn for the worse.

When Sadie falls deathly ill, Red hatches a daring plan to steal from the imperial coffers in order to pay for her medicine. Hope and the crew of The Lady’s Gambit find a hidden horror on the island of Murgesia. Worlds unexpectedly collide in the Drowned Rat Tavern.

Hope and the crew of The Lady’s Gambit brave treacherous, pirate-infested waters to get a shipment to the imperial outpost on Dawn’s Light. Brigga Lin’s discovery leads to new clarity.