God the Joker promised the people of Rek the coming of a deliverer - she would rule the Copper Archipelago and free Rek from the oppression of the Luarin conquerors. However, no one suspects that the key to freedom will be the girl Ali Homewood - most recently her name was Alianna from Pirate Cliff. A slave? The heiress of an ancient clan of spies? She herself does not understand how to fulfill her destiny and why the Joker chose her...