Welcome to a world where human and fae live side by side, in an uneasy peace enforced by a political balance at the expense of some human slaves who exist at the mercy of their fae masters. Eileen O'Donnell is a former Army lieutenant, cashiered from the ranks for an injury that left her unable to use battle magic and afflicted with paranoid schizophrenia. When a normal job interview is interrupted by the appearance of an escaped slave and armed fae slave catchers, Eileen finds herself drawn into a dangerous confrontation between human abolitionists, fae slavers, and the political forces that seek the continuation of the status quo.