Here we are given glimpses into the life of a most unusual Cairhienin noble girl as curious as a kitten, and with a rather strange penchant for truth telling.  Not content to remain her family's pawn but lacking the knowledge and the experience to escape it, Diyari searches for something - anything - that will give her this freedom.  In the city where Daes Dae'mar rules all, her "unfortunate" knack for honesty will inadvertently trigger her first touch with saidar.  Now she travels to Tar Valon, but has she really, fully escaped The Great Game?