Kal has trained to be a soldier his entire life. His days are simple, and his duties clear: enforce the rules, upkeep the peace, and most important police the elementals. If they step out of line, the Governance system corrects it.But when Kal encounters a young boy whom he suspects might be an illegal earthborn, he cant bring himself to report him. Despite his training and the advice of friends, he decides to help him onto what he believes is the right path. This choice lands him in more trouble than he bargained for, and he soon discovers that the veneer the Governance is built upon an ugly and crumbling foundation.
When the demise of an important underground crime lord leaves a power vacuum in the Governances smuggling world, Nia is sent to smooth things over. A task that should be trivial with her skill-set.All that stands in her way is an ambitious lieutenant with an arrogant streak, a seductive mentalist businesswoman playing both sides, and an unpredictable fireborn fighting her way out of a set-up.Politics and business clash while the clock is ticking on a brewing elemental rebellion.