Born an illegitimate child, Thalira was despised and scorned by high society, the Order of the Firstborn, her own husband, his family, and even the servants in the house where she rightfully bore the title of Lady of the House.
Yet none of them knew that Thalira possessed a unique gift — the ability to see traces of an ancient, long-extinct civilisation, invisible to everyone else.
Venturing into an old, abandoned vault, the outcast baroness gained access to knowledge unheard of in this world — knowledge that had come from another planet.
With the odds stacked against her, Thalira began rebuilding her life, using the wisdom of the ancients and desperately seeking a path to independence.