Dun's new employer wants him dead. The feeling is mutual.

His Name and his Voice lost to the last war, all that remains for Dun is the job. When the job goes sideways, his team of criminal misfits must keep their wits about them to survive the deadliest con of their lives.

Sir Janus wants nothing more from his visit to Strata than the thrill of arena combat. But the political obligations he disdains pose a greater risk than any sword or spell, as forces beyond his power stir in the tiered city.

Whispers of war underpin polite laughter in sunlit salons. Tides of revolution swell through Foundation among the city's downtrodden. Yet the elite forge onward with their machinations, ignorant of a long-forgotten truth:

For a man who has lost everything, all that's left is revenge.