Once a royal bodyguard, now a rebel leader, Corrin d’Morr is ordered to work together again with the enigmatic Varia. Varia’s shadowy presence is an uncomfortable reminder that Corrin’s place in a chaotic world is changing again — and not for the better. As the rebellion grinds on against the Ansellan Empire, the two women must learn to work together, if not to save their country, then to save each other from oblivion.