Mask of Mirrors (2021)

Ren's plan to enter a noble household puts invented identity into a city already divided by inherited privilege and older grievances. M. A. Carrick, the joint name of Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, links aristocratic rivalry to the precarious lives beneath it. This starts the Rook and Rose trilogy. Choose it for the political force of recognition: who can claim a name, secure protection or make their version of a city's history count.