After the Automae--designed playthings for royals--overthrew their sovereigns and took control of the kingdom of Rabu, they turned their wrath on the humans who survived. Now, a young servant girl, Ayla, rises through the ranks of her sovereign's estate planning to kill the ruler's daughter, a Made girl designed to be perfect. Lady Crier was Made to not only to be perfect but to take over her father's rule alongside her betrothed, Seyre Kinok. But then she learns truths about her father that make her question her father's benevolence. And then she meets Ayla and reconsiders what she knows about love.