When a devastating fire claims not only her family but also her inheritance, naive rich-girl Rhea is forced to reckon with the privilege insulating her from the grittiness of reality. She meets an investigator's son, Ajax, & realizes that all is not well in the city, with its mysterious teashops, opulent elites, & dark underground. Setting friend against friend, parent against child, and law against love, this 1940s-Shanghai-adjacent espionage tale speaks of tolerance & humanity amidst chaos.