Kinmore is the largest city that Crimson Smoke has ever seen-and the most troubled. The king and his court feast in glittering palatial halls, but his subjects are left to fight their own battles in the lower city. The Conjury's attempts to establish order seem to fail at every turn. While the Emerald Flame matches wits with power-hungry nobles, shape-changing killers, and the occasional snake, Crimson is forced to question everything they thought they knew. Secrets lurk around every corner. Monsters abound. Everyone is hiding something. And no one, not even Crimson, is truly innocent.