The war is over. The Resistance is broken. And Helena Marino has forgotten what she was fighting for.

Once a promising alchemist, Helena is...

The war is over. The Resistance is broken. And Helena Marino has forgotten what she was fighting for.

Once a promising alchemist, Helena is now a prisoner of the new ruling class of Paladia—powerful guild families and ruthless necromancers whose undead armies helped win the war. Her friends are dead, her abilities suppressed, and her memories of the months before her capture mysteriously gone.

Officially, Helena was only a minor healer in the Resistance. But if she was truly insignificant, why are her captors so determined to uncover what she remembers?

Sent to the crumbling estate of the High Reeve, one of the most feared necromancers in the new world, Helena must delve into the memories buried within her own mind. But as she begins to uncover the truth, she realizes that her prison—and her captor—may be hiding secrets of their own.

And some memories are dangerous for a reason.