Despite being born into nothing, twin sisters Juliet and Gwendolyn Fenn are destined to rule. Little do they know their power will come at the price of the other’s head. The Great Empire of Corpus boasts itself as a utopia where every citizen has somewhere to flourish alongside their own kind. People are ranked by their intelligence and placed into colored categories, colors that are permanently branded onto every citizen’s wrists. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze provide order, and the Red, Blue, and Grey exist to serve. When sixteen year old Juliet is propelled from an unranked Grey child to the Golden First, she quickly learns to love the system. However, her sister Gwendolyn grows sick with resentment when she is ranked within their lowly origins, and she pledges herself to the Fracture, a terrorist group hell-bent on changing it all. With the empire spiraling towards war, one question burns in the minds of the two sisters: who are the mysterious, unranked people who call themselves the Agents of the Conscience? Why are they watching Juliet in the palace? Could the girl Gwendolyn is in love with be one of them?