Cerise Mar and her clan are cash poor but land rich, claiming a large swathe of the Mire, the Edge swamplands. When her parents vanish, her clan's long-time rivals are suspect. But all is not as it seems.
Two nations of the Weird are waging a cold war fought by feint and espionage, and their conflict is about to spill over into the Edge-and Cerise's life.
舍莉絲·瑪和她的氏族是缺錢的大地主，聲稱擁有大片沼澤地--邊境沼澤地。當她的父母失踪時，她家族的長期對手是最大嫌疑。但是，一切都不是看起來那樣。
兩大怪誕宗族正發動一場偽裝和刺探活動的冷戰，他們的衝突將蔓延到邊境沼澤地和舍莉絲生活中。
（譯者/楊靜愉）
（譯者/楊靜愉）