When 16-year-old Cel publicly reveals her illegal fire magic, the government straps her with an irremovable metal cuff that painfully suppresses it, but that's just the beginning of her problems.

She's the daughter of a powerful crime boss, and her daddy's followers aren't pleased that she's shown her hand to the public. Amidst her struggle to maintain her right to a criminal throne, her father is executed on live television by the order of a political ally, and she's forced into hiding.

To figure out who's truly responsible for her father's death, Cel follows the breadcrumbs of his misdeeds through the city's history and begins to understand just why people hated him so much. If she wants to get revenge, she must embrace his cruel ways and put her strategic genius to good use, preferably before her enemies catch up to her. Or worse, before they try to use her only two friends-friends she's just now learning to trust-against her.