‘If you can’t see the cage for the gilt, great girl, you’re already trapped.’

As a kid, Carolle Graean fended for herself as the Pixie of Mawr Bryn. Upon her arrest, she received a choice: sign up for the Patevian Royal Dance Troupe or suffer the full consequences on her behalf offences. Nine years afterwards, Carolle “Ysbryd” and her fellow former troublins are starting Elysant for the Glass in the Racinian capital of Trône d’Argent.

Luxuries are abundant in the united states of Racine, and they are often used to misdirect. Great House nobles aim to ascend the rings of Verdict Hill for wealth and power, regardless of the outcome to others. Thrust into a high society rife with clandestine agendas, Carolle must determine who she is, the criminal or the soul.