Following the Prentish/Nemarri war, Kes is rejected by his homeland under the guise of religious purity laws. Though he's spared execution, the proud Nemarri's fate is only marginally more merciful than death when he is sold into sexual slavery at a prosperous pleasure house.Despite his stoic endurance, Kes knows he's reaching his breaking point, but there is nothing he can do-there is no path to freedom in the Holy Prentish Empire, only a lifetime...