When her sister is murdered, Alysse is set upon a quest for revenge--but her search leads her to a conspiracy that threatens the destruction of Southwatch itself.Alysse has just been cast in the role of a lifetime—the lead in a famous opera. But when her sister Leonie dies, Alysse believes her sister was murdered, and vows revenge.Kyria is an Angel of Steel, who works with Alysse to find the killer. They soon realize that Leonie's death was the opening gambit in a plan that reaches from the industrial districts to the palatial airships of the Aerie, and they need to find its source from the clues left behind.But what do a dead courtesan, a Fae spy , a hidden cache of jewels, and a cadre of conniving conspirators have in common? Nothing less than a plot to control not only the political power of Southwatch, but that of the Caelimane Temple as well. Alysse and Kyria must find a way to stop them, even in the eye of the storm.