Things are finally looking up for Winland Underwood.
East Calico Rock is safe, Erickson and his thugs are behind bars, and Hector Fang is turning out to be exactly what she needed. For the first time in her life, all her training with the Old Fixer may not apply.
Until it does . . .
A familiar face finds Winland and Hector Fang. That's not a good sign.
Pursued by an enemy they'd already fought and trying not to crash the kemana party, the unlikely Light-Elf-and-Custodian pair have no choice but to take off through the remains of Ravener's buried city.
Signs pointing to her mother's whereabouts are stronger than ever.
Can the Old Fixer's daughter decide which misdeeds can be forgiven and which can't—with Hector, her mother, and even herself?
