With the gods on its side, the city of Bulikov was once rich beyond
measure, using the power of the heavens to reign over the
Continent—until a desperate people rose up and did the impossible,
killing its divine protectors. Now the surreal landscape of the city
itself—first shaped, now shattered, by the thousands of miracles its
guardians once worked upon it—stands as a constant, haunting
reminder of its former supremacy.
Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the
unassuming young woman is just another junior diplomat sent by
Bulikov's oppressors. Unofficially, she is one of her country's most
accomplished spies, dispatched to catch a murderer. But as Shara
pursues the killer, she starts to suspect that the beings who ruled
this terrible place may not be as dead as they seem—and that
Bulikov's cruel reign may not yet be over.