Tristan Abrascal is a thief,one of many making their living under the perpetual twilight of the greatest city in all of Vesper.Quick wit and a contract with a capricious goddess have always kept him one step ahead,until one night he crosses a line by accident that burns all the bridges he had left.But not all is lost,as his mentor offers a way out of peril that turns out to be more than a simple escape. It is also an opportunity to get even with the infanzones,the nobles he’s lived under all his life,and it so happens that Tristan has a full ledger’s worth of scores to settle with them. Lady Angharad Tredegar has fled halfway across the world,leaving behind a ruin of a life:her family butchered by a ruthless enemy,their estate torched and their nobility revoked.Yet no matter how far she flees the blades of assassins follow,and she finds herself growing desperate for any protection.She has one relative left to call on,her estranged uncle,but she finds that the safety he offers comes a