Jun Ironway—hacker, con artist, and occasional thief—has gotten her hands on a piece of contraband that could set her up for life: proof that implicates the powerful Nightfoot family in a planet-wide genocide 75 years ago. The Nightfoots control the precious sevite that fuels interplanetary travel through three star systems. And someone is sure to pay handsomely for anything that could break their hold. Of course, anything valuable is also dangerous. The Kindom, the ruling power of the star systems, is inextricably tied up in the Nightfoots’ monopoly—and they can’t afford to let Jun expose the truth. They task 2 of their most brutal clerics with hunting her down: preternaturally stoic Chono, and brilliant hothead Esek. But Chono and Esek are haunted in turn by a figure from their shared past, known only as Six. And the closer they get to finding Jun, the surer Chono is that Six is manipulating them all...