In the crumbling slums of Valebourne, Eira is just another orphan: unseen, unheard, and unwanted. Her days are spent scavenging for metal scraps, her nights haunted by dreams she doesn’t understand. But when a single touch awakens a dangerous warmth inside her and a mysterious woman appears wielding fire in her palm, Eira's world begins to unravel.
She learns she is not ordinary. She is something the ruling Order of the Veil fears and hunts.
Forced to flee the only home she’s ever known, Eira is thrust into the Wildlands, a place teeming with ancient magic and untamed dangers. There, under the guidance of Kaela, a fugitive with secrets of her own, Eira must face her past, her fears, and the terrifying power stirring within her. Joined by a hardened tracker, a guarded healer, and warrior clouded in mystery, she begins to uncover a truth long buried: the world is not as it seems, and neither is she.
But awakening comes at a cost. As the fire inside her grows, so too does the shadow of the Veil. And if Eira cannot master the force threatening to consume her, she may become the weapon they seek to control… or the spark that burns their empire down.