Ava travels to Beijing for the primiere of Mao's Daughter, the latest film starring her secret lover, Pang Fai.
Ava and Pang Fai are in Toronto to attend a party at the home of Ava's mother, Jennie Lee.
When war orphan Rin aced the Keju-- the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the academies-- she surprised everyone: test officials, the guardiands who wanted to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise, and even herself.
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