Syrina is a Kalis: a master of disguise, assassin, and spy. Her kind has served the High Merchants&#39; Syndicate for a thousand generations.<br /><br />She receives a surprising gift from her master, and she realizes something isn&#39;t right. The High Merchants don&#39;t do anything without a reason.&nbsp;<br /><br />When things don&#39;t add up in an otherwise normal investigation,&nbsp;she follows the trail to the steam-powered city of Fom. There, she learns of a machine that could end civilization a second time.&nbsp;<br /><br />Will Syrina stave off disaster, or seek revenge?