Seventeen-year-old Fable joins the young, motley crew of the Marigold to escape the island where her father abandoned her, but she quickly realizes life off the island is more dangerous than she imaged.

Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan, but when faced with her brother's betrayal, and driven by a growing love for her brother's friend Fiske, she attempts to unite the two clans.

Summoned back to Bastian by her uncle Henrik, Bryn Roth is eager to prove herself and finally take her place in her long-lost family. Henrik has plans for Bryn, but she must win everyone's trust if she wants to hold any power in the delicate architecture of the family. Despite their growing influence in upscale Bastian, the Roth's hands are still in the kind of dirty business that got Bryn's parents killed years ago. Bryn finds that the cost of being...