Malaego is in ruins, and its Emperor is dead. Now, Jinx runs from an enemy more ruthless than Aradax. Word has spread like wildfire of the young Alchemist capable of creating immortality, and it’s only a matter of time before the Emperor of Hashtee finds her.

But the East is divided; half of it fighting battles of their own at home and the other fighting in the West. Across the sea a war wages on, and its shadow is beginning to descend on Jinx and her companions, pulling their fates deeper into an unclear future and a series of unexpected alliances.