The girl with no past, and no future, may be the only one who can save
their lives.
Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when
she was just a little girl. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the
isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers,
courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. She makes her way as
Matron's errand girl, her closest companions the mysterious cats that
trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the
city's handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life
outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die.
Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets
that surround the girls' deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha
jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls--but
also her life.