The Empyrium controls everything; its data, its people, even its ghosts. Tiberius Braxton, the ruler's son kept off every record, enforces Dominion from the shadows. Alysa Carmichael, a rebel operative with a classified past, has spent years avoiding men like him. Until a purge protocol forces them into an impossible alliance. Now they navigate Dominion's ruthless tier system-where a wrong look means erasure, every truth is weaponized, and survival demands a mask neither wants to wear. But as hidden conspiracies surface and old scars bleed into new loyalties, one fact becomes undeniable: If they want freedom, they'll have to steal it from the Empire that created them. And they'll have to do it together.