He was taken to become something useful.

Two years later, he isn't.

A dark, fast-paced fantasy of failure and survival.

Alidinia has spent his time in Maegwyn doing one thing?failing. No place. No purpose. No skill the guild actually needs.

He was taken to become an assassin?but he can't even do the job.

So why does he keep getting it wrong?

When a job finally comes his way, it ends badly. Someone dies. The blame lands on him. And in a city like this, that should be the end.

But it isn't.

Because something shifts.

It starts with a coin. A guess. A result that shouldn't happen.

Once might be luck. Twice is harder to ignore. After that... something is wrong.

He was never failing. He was just in the wrong role.

In Maegwyn, anything unusual gets noticed. And once people start paying attention, you don't stay invisible.

Now Ali isn't just failing?he's becoming a problem.

If he isn't useless, if he's something different, then the world that's been chewing him up is about to realise what it missed.

And this time... he won't be ignored again.