A cursed slave, a dethroned prince, and a heartless thief.Lark is a flameskin slave with terrible powers and a mysterious past. When a smuggling job goes wrong, Lark is abandoned by her slaver and finally given a chance to be free. She will do whatever she must to gain her freedom and discover the truth about herself. Soren can no longer stand by and watch the usurper empress destroy his home, but all his efforts to help his people end in failure. When an invading army breeches the empire's border, Soren is left with a besieged city to save and his honor to salvage.Maku has returned from his long journey overseas to rescue the girl he loves, or at least, who he used to love. Maku's been extinguished-fire has burned away all his emotions. He has one last heist to pull off, but it's a job that may endanger the one person he's trying to protect.