[Fates of the Bound 01] • The Heirs of New Bristol

Chief Lila Randolph will do anything to defend her highborn family and her country, even if it borders on the criminal, even if it means hiring one. This time she has the wrong case, the wrong partner, and the wrong adversary, a hacker who threatens to expose her.

Tristan DeLauncey escaped from slavery as a teenager. Now a thief and a freedom fighter, he'll use anything he can to take the highborn down a peg, including Lila. After Tristan goes too far, Lila knows she must break ties with him, but walking away proves more difficult than she thought.

Corrupt highborn heirs, handsome Bullstow politicians, a straining lowborn underclass, and the secluded oracles. Lila walks among them all, even the servants and slaves who make the country run, the militias who protect it, and the ex-slaves who would destroy it.

Maybe Lila doesn't fit in anywhere. Maybe she fits in everywhere a little too well.