<p>Making a living is hard. In a lawless city where gods are real, dragons are traffic hazards, and buildings move around on their own, it can feel downright impossible.</p><p>Good thing freelance mage Opal Yong-ae has never let little things like impossibility stop her. She&rsquo;s found a way to put her overpriced magical art history degree to use as a Cleaner: a contract municipal employee who empties out abandoned apartments and resells the unusual treasures she finds inside for a profit. It&rsquo;s not a pretty job, or a safe one--there&rsquo;s a reason she wears bite-proof gloves--but when you&rsquo;re neck-deep in debt to a very magical, very nasty individual, you can&rsquo;t be picky about where the money comes from.</p><p>But even Opal&rsquo;s low standards are put to the test when the only thing of value in her latest apartment is the body of the previous tenant. Dealing with the dead isn&rsquo;t technically part of her job, but this mage died hiding a secret that could be worth a lot of money, and Opal&rsquo;s the only one who knows. With debts she can&rsquo;t pay due at the end of the week, this could be the big break she&rsquo;s been waiting for, but in a city of runaway magic where getting in over your head generally means losing it, the cost of chasing this opportunity might be more than Opal can survive.</p>