Dellaria Wells - petty con artist occasional thief and partly educated fire witch - is behind
on her rent. To make ends meet Delly talks her way into a guard job in the city of Leiscourt
joining a team of unconventional women to protect an aristocrat from unseen assassins. It
looks like easy money and a chance to romance her confident companion Winn - but when did
anything in Delly's life go to plan? With the help of a necromancer a shapeshifting schoolgirl
and a reanimated mouse named Buttons Delly and Winn find themselves facing an adversary who
wields a twisted magic and has friends in the highest of places.