The bustling city-state of Märchen borders the Three Queendoms, represented by the Spindle, the Slipper and the Apple. But the time of the godmothers has passed. If you want access to magic you either have to be one of the few who are born with it and live in hiding. Or extremely wealthy. Former assassin Samara Dawa is bent on vengeance. When the opportunity arises to destroy the man who sold her as a child, she doesn’t hesitate. Soon Samara finds herself needing to infiltrate a magical auction run by the mysterious Order of Grimm. The main item for sale: the last descendant of Queen White. To pull off this heist she’ll need to put together a crew: an inside man, an explosives expert, a kinetics expert, a master forger and a getaway driver. And she needs to do this all under the nose of her boss: the head of the thieves guild.