Publisher's Synopsis
Wendy Magdalena Braca's privileged upbringing in a Victorian mansion under three moons in Jupiter City comes to a screeching halt upon her mother's murder and her father's untimely demise. Kicking and screaming, she is shipped off to Greenleaf Asylum for Troubled Girls, where she is interred for years until her "rescue" by a strange guild that opens Wendy's eyes to a new world - one teeming with intrigues, double crossings, and strange alliances. It is the world of Guild Assassins, made up of the Caecus (normal humans), the Validus (magic-users), and Half-Breeds (demi-gods). Though her head reels, Wendy is made of sterner stuff. She adjusts - up until she discovers she is the most special and powerful Validus known to exist, the Curse Breaker..."
