An uncouth, cross-dressing showgirl's family is dragged into a conspiracy involving powerful sorcerers and the gods themselves. Between shady handshake deals and reluctant alliances, Thalia must pull down the veil with the disadvantage of being non-magical.
Mother Omera blights and consumes all that is arcane, creeping across the empire. To save humanity, Astrid of Passion betrays her mother, but she needs the right kind of necromancer, and a former circus acrobat to aid her in the sin.
The mission is to bring a perfectly preserved cadaver with a mysterious implant back to her home world. Will the reward be worth the danger?
A valuable reactor core is in a biometrically sealed vault on a ghost ship. As looters, the Magpie's doctor has a macabre solution: create a survivor.
