Seirun has a monumental task ahead of him. He was appointed by his father to serve in the Imperial Court of Intrigue. A Court that reeks of dishonour plagued by centuries of decadence, corruption and incompetence. A court that should've been the dagger that His Imperial Majesty uses to protect the Allurion Empire in the dark, has instead become a nest full of... Snakes and Eagles. Prey and predator are ever present in this Court and will Seirun be doomed to be prey or eventually rise to become a predator?