A plot to steal a priceless artifact Lark is on a school field trip when she thinks up a way to steal the Orb of the Stars. When she tells her guardian she expects him to talk her out of it. Instead, Jerry climbs onto the roof of the opera house - and stumbles into the middle of a kidnapping plot. Becomes a fight to the death with ruthless fanatics Now the Plateau Society is after Jerry. When he escapes, they go after his partner, Cassandra Marx. It's a mistake. Cassie tried to put her past behind her, but someone is after her family, and someone is going to pay. She still has all the skills that made her the best thief in the galaxy. Now she'll use those skills - and a ruthless determination to keep her family safe - to tear down the Plateau Society and make those fanatics regret the day they decided to come after the people Cassie holds dear.