Struggling to survive on the outskirts of the city, a refugee boy becomes a pawn in a rogue bounty hunter's plot to subvert a newly established empire.
Five years after a military invasion forced their family from their home in the Southern Province, Paulo, his twin sister Talia, and their younger brother Silas struggle to survive as refugees in the mountains that surround the capital city.
While on a mission to obtain medical supplies, disaster strikes when Paulo falls into the hands of the Hyperion Order.
The prison is lonely...
The labor camps are dangerous...
But when a seditious bounty hunter named Azrael Kon tries to befriend him, a twist of fate launches Paulo into a quest that could not only change the course of his life but shift the power of the entire Province forever.