Hemmed in by hard choices, tasked with an impossible purpose, Leaf--child of shadow and whisper, walker on the borders--must tread a path through peril and subjugation if she is to find freedom. But what will she become if she succeeds?

In the palaces of Brilliance, the fear of death is a distant memory. When a young heir discovers the rotten truths behind her ideal nation, she must choose between justice and order.