In the floating Republic of Skytree, Namaki and Saboru run Naboru's Odd Jobs--cheapest in town, no questions asked, no refunds given. So when a high-profile client offers five thousand gold petals for a seemingly simple job, the two--greedy, barely afloat, always behind on rent--have to accept it. One pendant. One trip to the ruins of the old world beneath the sea. Easy money. The pendant, however, is not what it seemed. Now they are running from things that shouldn't exists, clutching an artifact that everyone desires, and realizing that, in a city where the blessed rule from above, the real power has always been buried below.