An incomparable trapeze artist who lives to fly is about to hit the ground-hard.

Amandine Sand walks a high wire between two lives-hobbled by a life-threatening secret. She's one of the spotted humans falsely accused of being a plague-bringer. These "leopards" are hunted by zealots to protect their offworld colony from the scourge.

Despite this threat, Amandine spends her days guiding other leopards to an underground shelter run by the pacifist Seekers. At night, with her own spots hidden, she soars on the trapeze, risking discovery and death for the boundless heart-hammering joy of...