As a diplomat trained to negotiate peace, Sanna has mastered the art of staying unseen in the Farlands. But when she is summoned to the Higher Grounds, a kingdom of eternal night where moonstones cast cold light and shimmering dust quietly reshapes minds, everything she has hidden begins to surface.

She arrives expecting a negotiation. She finds something considerably harder to navigate.

A prince searching for truth in a kingdom built on lies. An old friend bound to an inherited fight. In a court where every conversation conceals a second one, Sanna begins to understand that the most dangerous thing in the room is what goes unsaid.
Is it possible to preserve who you are in a world where everyone has already decided who you must become?

First in a series.