Cerise Mar and her clan are cash poor but land rich, claiming a large swathe of the Mire, the Edge swamplands.
Two nations of the Weird are waging a cold war fought by feint and espionage, and their conflict is about to spill over into the Edge-and Cerise\'s life..
But all is not as it seems.
When her parents vanish, her clan\'s long-time rivals are suspect.
Cerise Mar and her clan are cash poor but land rich, claiming a large swathe of the Mire, the Edge swamplands