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Having survived the Acktus Trials and kept his secret safe—for now—Baz has returned to Erstwhile. But Baz’s rest is short lived when an unwelcome guest visits Torchsire Library, bearing news of a revolt amongst the Speakers in Fortune, Oration’s wealthiest city. A special session of Oration’s Congress has been called there, and Baz’s master is selected to represent Erstwhile. Of course, that means Baz is going as well.

Suddenly, Baz finds himself with an opportunity to fulfill his promise to the Keepers he met beneath the ruined city of Tome—search Fortune for the Declaimer’s Transcendence, a prophecy that promises to unlock the secret of freeing the Speakers of Oration from slavery. But circumstances quickly turn dangerous when Baz and his companions are attacked on route to Fortune, and Baz is thrown into a rebellion he’s not certain he wants to be a part of. And that’s before Baz discovers that the most powerful Reader in Fortune not only holds a secret that could destroy all of Oration, but may also know Baz’s own secret.

Surrounded my enemies and friends he doesn’t trust, can Baz survive Fortune city and find the prophecy as he promised?