In a city trapped under a red sky, Lenore Laymon desperately works herself to the bone to free the citizens from the oppressive rule of the House of Romilly. As the fifteen year anniversary of the day they were imprisoned approaches, Lenore's newest project reaps an unexpected entity. A Being made of paper and blood, the ghost of some unknown person. The Being turns the Little woman's world upside down; reminding her of the magic still in her life as Lenore tries to balance her work and her limitation But the warmth of the Being's light and optimism cannot truly shield either of them from life's cruellest tragedies.
Together, with the help of new friends and old friends, lovers, enemies, and acquaintances; they embark on a journey to discover who the ghost was while unearthing the extent of the city's corruption and the price for burning the midnight oil until the lamp runs dry.