"Her parents and all the others lost would die avenged, their graves the ones to finally spur change, to light the fuse. 

And that sounded as close to right as she could get."

After joining an elusive revolutionary group her dad co-founded, seventeen year-old Marilou Norith wields a unique biochemical weapon that erases the essence of existence: memories. Targeting the corrupt people in power, the revolution will reshape the governance of her small island country all without taking a single life. Technically.

Soon, she’ll reach the man who murdered her father: the Emperor.

But when Marilou finally finds herself a dagger-swipe away from the Emperor, everything changes. The dead aren't all dead. And all that glitters was far from gold. With the lives of everyone she’s come to love suddenly at risk, and the country she meant to save inches from a deadly takeover, Marilou must discover if she can defend what she believes is right over who she loves, and will lose—again.