At nineteen, midshipman Jabari Lemme should have pride in commanding his first Tengu cargo corvette. However, his prestige rings hollow on a fatal voyage ordered by the Orthodox Great Houses. His future is forfeit, destined to meet a upstart princess of the Kobaru Kingdom before dusk finally takes him. The tale of Tengu conquest is one of manufactured tragedy, setting into motion a country-razing sequence which cannot end until the sin burns its course. Otherwise, revenge will return greater than the sweet plague which created her.