Five months after the events of Crooked Kingdom, Inej returns to Ketterdam for the first time. Kaz has settled in to his role as the leader of the Dregs, and Wylan's mission to get Jesper to channel his love of gambling into something positive has proved successful. As usual, something sinister is lurking in the streets of the Barrel. The gang must be brought together to survive. All characters and settings are a product of the brilliant Leigh Bardugo's grishaverse