The rich and powerful don't play by the rules. Commander Grace Buteo knows this firsthand when the man who killed her family frames her for a crime she didn't commit. On his order, Grace is hunted down and captured. His lies and manipulation leave her with few people she can trust. He wants her to surrender. He wants her to die. She refuses. And is left to the mercy of the court. Will she be exiled to the barren wasteland outside the protection of their glorious city, the only home she's ever known? Or will she finally get the justice she's risked everything for...