I really enjoyed this story and cannot wait for the next book. 
 Laia is a slave trying to save her brother and Elias is a Mask, whose job is to aid the Empire to enslave Scholars or people like Laia. Both are on quests, one to save her brother, one to gain freedom. Both are at the mercy of the Empire. 
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