When a smuggler meets a ringmaster, anything can happen. Then again, magic and mayhem always have gone hand in hand. Copper James left the smuggling world when a job gone wrong resulted in the death of someone she loved. To keep herself from standing trial for a crime she didn't commit, Copper is forced back into the chaos of her old life to find and return a missing item in exchange for her freedom. But when the Grand Ringmaster of The Red Rebel Extravaganza makes her a similar offer, the young smuggler must decide which deal to betray. Raleigh Danger is a reformed smuggler turned supernatural detective, but when Copper James comes back into his life desperate for help, he rescues her, only for Copper to embroil them into an infamous game of enchantment and mystery. On the other side of the empire, The Red Game commences on the shores of Cape Solaera, and a dark presence looms over each event as, one by one, participants start to disappear. Entertainment quickly shifts into life-threatening chaos, and one thing becomes frighteningly clear. A curse has settled over the game, and only one of the seven players will survive long enough to win.