After a year of exile, Keita Sage is a stranger to her home. Before her father's death, she was confined to her family's hidden vale: eclipsed by her brother, scavenging for an education, left behind on adventures. Now she and Zuri, her brother's betrothed, are meeting the kingdom properly: unsheltered, unescorted. Her cousin, the usurping king, is on their trail. Uniting the six clans is the only way to defeat him but Keita struggles to unify with the people who dragged her from home. She and Zuri must work together, but one thing stands between them: when the dust settles, only one can stay.