This perfect self-contained story sits between the adventures of "Words of Radiance" and "Oathbringer".

Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older - a wish she believed was granted.

Now the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. The young Azish emperor may have granted her safe haven from the executioner known only as Darkness, but instead court life is slowly suffocating the free-spirited Lift. So when she hears that Darkness is relentlessly hunting people like her, with budding powers, she can't help being drawn to help them.

His hunting ground lies in Yeddaw, where the downtrodden have no champion, and Lift knows if she does not step up to aid them, no one will.