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Not even a year after his choosing, Zhas is leaving his first cruel sponsor behind. Despite a grouchy new sponsor by the name of Uhana Maarik, Zhas now has the freedom and time to explore the city of Bhajar—the heart of the Hahnar Empire. Yet his new autonomy presents various challenges, mainly those created by the irascible zhalja Jhamar-ja Ghani, the graceful and unflappable royal zhalja, Rhazaaq-ja Qizham, and the mysterious and beautiful Myla, whose love does not come for free. While trying to deal with a sponsor who rejects luxury (and zhaljas altogether), Zhas must decide what kind of zhalja he’s meant to be and what allies he wants to make. Zhas once knew who he was, but now he’s ...

Zhas began life as Chikitum, a boy living in a remote tribe deep within the rainforest. But after half of his family is slaughtered, he is taken captive by slave traders and transported to Bhajar, the capital of the Hahnar Empire. It is there he’s sold to the Yhana School for Zhaljas and given the name Zhas. Here he learns what it means to be a zhalja for a man of wealth— to be his steward, entertainer, host, and most vocal advocate in business and politics. At the age of fifteen, Zhas must be “sponsored” by a man of high society, and the higher the better. Zhas's place in the glamorous world of Bhajar's most important people is cemented when he is sponsored by a man of wealth and influe ...

After recovering from the abuse of his first sponsor and the stoic indifference of his second, Zhas has now landed a sponsor he didn’t even believe existed— a wealthy but considerate man who not only trusts Zhas, but admires and appreciates his work. When Zhas's friend Jhamar-ja Ghani suffers at the hand of a cruel sponsor and when a damning secret of royal zhalja Rhazaaq-ja Qizham's threatens his future, Zhas is there to help. Beyond having access to a small sliver of power that Zhas has never enjoyed, Zhas also has chance to explore desires he never knew he had. As the dichotomy of zhalja and sponsor blurs, Zhas realizes that while not all men are equal in Bhajar society, the love shar ...