In a world where everyone has wings, getting them clipped is the worst punishment. Cosmo has spent his life dealing with a mysterious disease that made his wings pop out of nowhere when he was nervous. His sister Ivy is about to have her wings clipped for starting a fire when he is given a seductive offer: to become a spy in the beautiful uninhabited land of Laora and cancel the punishment. Now his younger brother Willow and him are far away, in hopes to save Ivy from her fate. And as a mystery of Laora begins to reveal itself, Cosmo must understand it.