In Ombrazia, a city dominated by the seven faceless saints' disciples, where magic users enjoy luxury while others struggle, Roz and Damian grew up. This city has been engulfed in a twenty-year war, consuming a generation of conscripts. Roz, serving Saint Patience as a disciple to support her mother and spy for the rebellion, seeks justice for her father's murder by the Ombrazian military, where Damian now serves. Damian, the youngest Palazzo security captain, is expected to be ruthless and devoted, but he's haunted by war ghosts and trying to rekindle his love for Roz. When a brutal murderer strikes, Roz and Damian, the only ones willing to pursue the killer, must confront their buried feelings, shared past, and the dark, powerful evil threatening their city.