A Misfit and a Mystery
In the royal city of Camarria, a street urchin named Chessie lives by
her wits, always attended by her two faithful friends, Red and Scar.
What no one realizes is that the "friends" are really echoes, creatures
that look exactly like their originals but who possess no volition of
their own.
Echoes normally are only born to high nobles, and Chessie doesn't want
anyone to start asking questions about her past. So she's developed the
ability to move between bodies so rapidly that she can maintain the
illusion that she and Red and Scar are three separate people.
After someone tries to murder the crown prince, Chessie gets entangled
in the investigation when she comes to the aid of Lord Dezmen, the high
noble who's trying to solve the crime. From the back alleys of Camarria
to a society party to a rural province, they track down clues.
Until one of those clues leads right back to Chessie.