The first book in an epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls—one human, one Made—whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution. In the aftermath of a war where Automae took over the kingdom of Rabu and bent humanity to their will, Ayla takes a job as a servant in the house of the sovereign for one purpose: to get revenge for her family's death by killing his daughter. Lady Crier, the heiress, was Made to be a perfect ruler of the kingdom, but she no longer knows if that is what she wants once she discovers some of her father's cruel secrets. Between this betrayal, and a betrothed that she does not trust, when Crier and Ayla finally meet, nothing seems certain anymore.