In a world where every promise is binding and every lie is punished by magic, one boy is born without the power to be controlled. Evin has no voice in society—disabled, dismissed, and oathless. But when his adopted family is nearly destroyed by a bandit attack, the quiet boy with the haunted past is forced to flee his home, armed only with a sharp mind and an unwanted companion: a shapeshifting trickster called Bunny. As Evin journeys through a fractured realm of oath-bound slaves, political tyrants, and ancient ruins, he discovers a truth long buried—one that connects his lost family to a forgotten rebellion. But the deeper he digs, the more enemies he awakens... and the more dangerous his immunity becomes. Fans of Ranking of Kings and The Name of the Wind will be swept into this emotionally rich, slow-burn fantasy about courage without violence, connection without words, and breaking free of the chains others can’t see.