Clarity is part of a paladin order in control of a highly technologically advanced city. There is only one district that refuses paladin rule, Azure. Paladin’s are not allowed to enter. But Clarity gets inside, spurred by rumors of suffering within the district. Once in she quickly realizes the people there have very little technology, no implants, no 3D computers, and worst of all, no medicine for the mysterious disease that is affecting their children.

Clarity is left with a hard choice, because her order’s leader refuses to offered once refused aid again. So what does she do? Well, she enlists the leader’s son, Cass, to help her and decides she has to do something about the state of affairs in Azure district. She desperately tries to do a balancing act, help the people and keep her place in the order and she uses some extreme means to do it.

Now, I never did get to see how things end. But what I can tell you is that I quite enjoyed the 3/4s that I did manage to read before it was gone. For such a short book I thoroughly enjoyed the world building that was there and the pacing was well done. My only grievance was that I, personally, felt like the characters were pretty flat. Maybe it’s because there was a lot of time for character development? I don’t know. I wish the characters were a bit more flesh out.

All in all, pretty good for a novella!