Josslyn Drake knows only three things about magic: it is rare, illegal, and always deadly. Then she is caught up in a robbery gone wrong at the Queen's Gala and infected by a dangerous piece of magic -- one that allows her to step into the memories of an infamously evil warlock. Joss needs the magic removed before it corrupts her soul and kills her. But in Ironport, where the cost of doing magic is death, the only one she can trust is wanted criminal Jericho Nox. He offers to extract the magic in exchange for the magic itself. As the two work together, Joss begins to question the beliefs she holds about right and wrong, about power and magic, and even about herself.