Time passesKings fallLow Town enduresLow Town is the worst slum in the Empire, where lives are sold on the penny. Once its heir apparent, Wren returns after fifteen years to a city in turmoil, the syndicates feuding and the city on the brink of rebellion. Drawn into a tangled web of intrigue and murder, Wren finds himself the pawn in a conspiracy threatening to drive the Empire to war. But all is not as it seems. Because Wren was trained by the most brilliant crime lord that ever lived-and he's come back to Low Town to find him.