On the planet Placidus-a world steeped in deception, misdirection, and blind ambition-all is not placid. And in the countries of Atlantis and Nivara, an unseen enemy works from within to tear civilization apart. Salvation depends on the unlikely heroes Yarwin, a petty, delusional inventor (who has achieved immortality quite by accident); an arrogant warrior princess; a sentient robot; a timid regent; and a mystical baby girl with a challenging destiny. In the perfect and happy kingdom of Nivara, life is neither perfect nor happy, and Queen Juliet Gideon is not herself after a trip to...

On the planet Placidus-a world steeped in deception, misdirection, and blind ambition-all is not placid. And in the countries of Atlantis and Nivara, an unseen enemy works from within to tear civilization apart. Salvation depends on the unlikely heroes Yarwin, a petty, delusional inventor (who has achieved immortality quite by accident); an arrogant warrior princess; a sentient robot; a timid regent; and a mystical baby girl with a challenging destiny. In the perfect and happy kingdom of Nivara, life is neither perfect nor happy, and Queen Juliet Gideon is not herself after a trip to...