Things were finally looking up: escaped from the gladiator pits of Dahran, Aletheia not only has a new understanding of her enemies and a team of allies by her side, but her old lover back, miraculously escaped from prison and bearing secrets from the inside.Then bands of enemy monks begin to find them, despite being undercover and on the far side of the continent. It seems impossible--but so was her lover's escape. And as the attacks grow more dea...

To get out alive, Aelya has to go from prime suspect to lead investigator.When Aelya woke up this morning, she thought she was going to pick up the score of blackmarket yura her gang needed to escape the streets. Instead she finds her dealer dead and herself arrested as prime suspect. To save herself she'll not only have to figure out who did it, but convince the Councilate investigator holding her chains he can trust her enough to get the job done.An e...