Poison never lies.
Talia was once one of the 12 martyrs of the forgotten compass, a
prisoner of the unhuman creatures known only as the vordcha. She barely
escaped that life with her body and soul intact. Now she has a new life
as a poison eater in the city of Enthait.
Here she is hailed as one of the city's protectors. No one knows her
history. No one has asked about her past. She's been here long enough
that Enthait is her home now; these are her people. She loves them and
they her. But in the Ninth World, the past is a living, breathing thing.
And when it hunts you down, you can run. You can fight. Or you can die.