A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems,built on the bones of a genocide. A carefully hidden secret that could collapse worldshunted by three women with secrets of their own. All collide in this twistyexplosive space opera debutperfect for readers of Arkady Martine and Kameron Hurley. Jun Ironway–hackercon artistand 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 seventy-five 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 courseanything valuable is also dangerous. The Kindomthe ruling power of the star systemsis inextricably tied up in the Nightfoots’ monopoly–and they can’t afford to let Jun expose the truth. They task two of their most brutal clerics with hunting her down: preternaturally stoic Chonoand brilliant hothead Esekwho also happens to be the heir to the Nightfoot empire. But Chono and Esek are haunted in turn by a figure from their shared pastknown only as Six. What Six truly wants is anyone’s guess. And the closer they get to finding Junthe surer Chono is that Six is manipulating them all. \u200bIt’s a game that could destroy their lives and devastate the stars. And they have no choice but to see it through to the end.