Lukan Gardova—cardsharp, disgraced noble heir, and academy dropout—lives a life of rigged games and regret. But when his estranged father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Lukan sets out for the glittering, treacherous city of Saphrona in search of answers. There, amidst merchant princes and shadowed alleys, he finds that truth is the most dangerous game of all—and in Saphrona, everything has a price.