HER SECRETS ARE HEREDITARY. After growing up in hiding with only a mechanical crow to call a friend, seventeen-year-old Al isn't like the other boys at the academy. She isn't a boy at all. She's a liar. She hates being one, but Astova isn't safe for girls, especially girls like her. A wife or a courtesan are a woman's only options. When Al is forced on a routine scouting mission with her...