Ann Leckie's new novel about power, privilege and birthright takes us back to the universe of the Radch Empire. Ingray has one chance to secure her future career and recover priceless lost artifacts that belonged to her people. To do this, she needs to free the kidnapper, get him out of the prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her debtor fly home and find themselves in the very center of an intergalactic conflict unfolding on a planet torn apart by political intrigue. They will have to come up with a new plan to save the future of not only Ingray, but her family and the world as a whole, before it crumbles to dust.