After being crowned Empress, Tarisai must fulfill her promise to the Abiku by anointing her own council of rulers to end the empire's history of child sacrifice. As she struggles to balance the demands of her new reign with the supernatural debt she owes, she is haunted by the ghosts of those lost to the realm's past. To save her kingdom and herself, she must navigate political intrigue and ancient magic to find a way to truly redeem the realm.