Expansive and original worldbuilding grounds each character’s distinct perspective as the action picks up and the stakes mount. Cayder processes the plight of his sister and his client, Jey, the son-and accused murderer-of the Regency General, and his allegiances are further tested when Elle, another high-profile prisoner, claims knowledge of a sinister Regency plot. When Leta is charged with starting a deadly fire, she’s brought to Vardean-where Cayder is a public defense apprentice and their childhood friend, Kema, is now a guard. Liquid and apparently sentient, edem originates from a place called the veil, where the boundaries of time and space are more permeable, and the authorities are focused on controlling access due to its unpredictable, often dangerous effects. Cayder immersed himself in the study of law, determined to someday prosecute edem abusers, while Leta sought to understand the force that took their mother’s life. In a world in which edem-time-altering, extradimensional magic-is feared and policed, a motley group of teens with ties to the impossibly secure Vardean prison attempt to expose the corruption at its root.Īfter their mother died due to a stranger’s edem use, siblings Cayder and Leta found distinct ways to cope.
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