The greatest thief in the Empire thought it was just a job. It could end the Empire.
In the Empire of Taeliana, crime doesn't sleep — it’s managed. This is the responsibility of the Organization, a ruthless syndicate that keeps the underworld from spinning into total chaos. From bloodless heists to quiet executions, they can arrange anything — all under the watchful eye of a shadowy puppet master known as the Smiling Man.
They control the streets and the shadows, and make deals with the law. But power is a fragile thing. Because in Taeliana, the criminals have secrets to keep... and some secrets are lethal.
The Organization’s deadliest and closest-held secret is Imago, a wraith of an operative responsible for the realm's most legendary crimes.
When a mysterious client commissions a heist deemed unthinkable, the Smiling Man assigns it to Imago. She delivers - because to fail isn’t something she considers possible.
But the victory is short-lived. Imago discovers that the stolen prize is a domino in a plot designed to shatter the Empire for one evil man’s deepest desire.
Worse, the fallout has dragged Imago’s own hidden past out of the shadows.
Now, she has to do the truly impossible: track a ghost client into the darkest parts of the Empire and steal the apocalypse back - all while staying one step ahead of a killer created specifically to destroy her!
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Elvan’shalee “Imago” Zi’rathel
Bred for a mission. Altered for it. Trained for it.
Abandoned it to live her own life.
Now she works for the Organization, the crime syndicate of the Empire, as their greatest thief and assassin.
She has no friends, but occasional allies and employees. Because trust is not something she can afford to have in her line of work.
The second most wanted criminal in the Empire of Taeliana. Only the Smiling Man, the head of the Organization, is higher on the list.
And her people, the ones that sent her on her original mission? They want her dead, and they have set a plan in place for their revenge.
Her life is about to get a lot more complicated…
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