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Luzia N.E. Drainway never really thought too much about the Astrosi. They lurk above and below Bastion City--a giant multileveled megalopolis she calls her home--and they tend to keep to themselves. On the rare occasions they use their magics to meddle with human affairs, most people with an ounce of sense steer clear of whichever unfortunate soul happens to be their victim. Luzia is far too dedicated to repairing and maintaining the frequently-damaged Bastion to pay them much attention, and prefers to ignore the Astrosi just like everyone else. But when her cousin gets kidnapped by a dastardly trickster named Carrion, Luzia is forced to sell herself in servitude to the Eoi, one of the Astrosi courts, in exchange for his life. It's not until the deal is struck that she realizes she's trapped in the most abstruse verbal contract imaginable. She is essentially conscripted into their ranks, and her devotion to her city becomes stretched to breaking point by her new masters' orders. As she struggles under this weight, she begins to uncover the secrets of the Astrosi people -- the internal battles for power between the two kingdoms, the never-ending conflict between them, the trickster Carrion who somehow bridges that gap, and the very nature of the Bastion itself.