A red-cloaked assassin tells mask-maker Joch she knows where to find his stolen love, but secrets, betrayal, and death mark the path they must take to find her.
In the island nation of Venesia, where going barefaced into society is scandalous, mask-maker Evie's life is changed forever when the bandit Chameleon kills her father, destroys her home, and brands her face with his own dangerous criminal mark.