Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. If you want to taste a life lived by the aristocracy, simply snitch on your loved ones and celebrate their public execution during the Harvest Festival.

Almost one hundred and fifty years have passed since the True Ascension. The Anglo Empire is glorious, England is a wonder, and its women are forever young and beautiful. Clara Rosewood plays her part well—she always looks pretty, makes herself small, and never embraces delusions of strength. So, it comes as a shock when the events of a seemingly ordinary night feed her suppressed flame of dissent. When the higher-ups order Clara to do the impossible, she grasps an unthinkable opportunity that propels her down a path of chaos, betrayal, suffering … and purpose.