Princess Heshina of the Celestial Realm has always dreamed of a life with no room for palace intrigues and no heavy burden of power. But one day the girl finds her beloved father’s lifeless body, with an unusual golden mist swirling at his lips. Heshina realizes that the emperor was poisoned using magic. But magic has been outlawed for centuries.
The imperial court is full of conspirators and liars who want to take advantage of the ruler’s death for their own selfish ends. And Heshina intends to find the murderer among them. To learn the truth, the girl makes a desperate move: she turns to a foreteller, whose meetings are punishable by death.
When the future of the country is at stake, the truth may be too expensive. And only real wisdom—worthy of a throne heir—can break the chains of lies that have wrapped her empire.