He can breathe underwater. He can see through the dark. And he steals for joy. But during his mission, a mysterious plague is spreading in the city. Everyone is hallucinating!
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In the middle of a chase with his father, the seven-year-old Datan Woudward suddenly meets Ana. A mysterious woman who puts the entire visitors of a night market to sleep when she shows up. Ana has known something about Datan and reveals herself as a Royan—the world’s group of elite thieves and assassins. Their encounter has made Datan eager to be a Royan and to see Ana again.