In a dazzling new fantasy world full of whispered secrets and political intrigue the magic of
women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the ability to change it all. The
Nightbirds are Simta’s best kept secret. Teenage girls from the Great Houses with magic
coursing through their veins the Nightbirds have the unique ability to gift their magic to
others with a kiss. Magic—especially the magic of women—is outlawed and the city’s religious
sects would see them burned if discovered. But protected by the Great Houses the Nightbirds
are safe well-guarded treasures. As this Season’s Nightbirds Matilde Aesa and Sayer spend
their nights bestowing their unique brands of magic to well-paying clients. Once their Season
is through they're each meant to marry a Great House lord and become mothers to the next
generation of Nightbirds before their powers fade away. But Matilde Aesa and Sayer have other
plans. They know their lives as Nightbirds aren't just temporary but a complete lie and yearn
for something more. When they discover that there are other girls like them and that their
magic is more than they were ever told they see the carefully crafted Nightbird system for
what it is: a way to keep them in their place first as daughters and then as wives. Now they
must make a choice—to stay in their gilded cage or to remake the city that put them there in
the first place.
