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Where Nirrim lives crime abounds a harsh tribunal rules and societys pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences.Nirrim keeps her head down and a dangerous secret close to her chest.Where Nirrim lives crime abounds a harsh tribunal rules and societys pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences.Nirrim keeps her head down and a dangerous secret close to her chest.But then she encounters Sid a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the High Caste possesses magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that Nirrim must surrender her old life. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks above all not to be trusted.Set in the world of the New York Times???bestselling Winners Trilogy beloved author Marie Rutkoski returns with an epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell us???and the lies we tell ourselves.(less)