From gutter to glory! Killing a man in the heat of the moment,  violating a  sacred peace among the criminals of Ralon's Bend, a young thief called Joren sets off a chain of events he could never have imagined. Banished from his home. Caught up in the political intrigue of nations. Wandering the world with his friend Mattal, the only witness to Joren's crime, trying to fix the mess he caused. The only way to do that is to become royals—or at least to pretend. But ...