Kaz Brekker and his crew pulled off such a daring kidnapping that they themselves didn’t even realize how they’d survived. But the promised staggering reward slips out of their hands, and the young outcasts are forced to fight for their lives again. They were tricked and deprived of a valuable member of the team. Now they have too few people, very little support, and almost no hope left. Old rivals and new enemies challenge Kaz’s cunning, while his circle is put to the test of durability. War will break out on the dark, winding streets of Ketterdam—it will be the one to decide the fate of the Grishas.