Nina was plucked off the streets because she resembled a dead priestess—but is this a lucky break, or a new kind of curse? Winner of the Kodansha Manga Award, this fantasy shojo manga features intertwining constellations of palace intrigue and perilous romance, for fans of The Ancient Magus’ Bride, The Apothecary Diaries, and Snow White With the Red Hair.
With the line of succession in question and Azure urging Nina to return to Fortna, tensions rise in Galgade after Nina’s lady-in-waiting Hikami poisons Sett. Sett survives, but Nina is suspected of the assassination attempt. She is sent away to the far-eastern prison of Griffigeld, where it is said that no one ever leaves alive. Can Nina prove her innocence?