Beyond the iron bars of Ink’s only window, grows a mass murderer of little girls in the form of a lush, golden tree. Eight hundred years ago, the Blight Plague almost wiped out the male population. The hallucinogen culled from the Sonagachi tree is the only thing that keeps humanity alive by slowing the progression of the incurable disease. If not for the drug administered and catalyzed by imprisoned House Girls around the world, men would die young and by the thousands. Each night, fifteen-year-old Ink and her friends at The Nectar House use the powerful hallucinogen to curate a trance-like experience which prolongs the life of their sick Blight customers by replenishing their health while simultaneously depleting their own with every trance.

Years of captivity and the betrayal that got her sold have toughened Ink’s heart while her body weakens every day. Ink has no power, no freedom, and little sympathy. When she comes into possession of an object that offers the possibility of escape, she must decide whether to stay and help those she can in the time she has left or lead a handful of friends to freedom.

This story follows Ink, a young woman doing her best within an exploitative system, confronting trauma and the moral compromises she must make when survival is at stake. Ink Honey Blossom explores the wounds inflicted by corrupt systems larger than ourselves and the quiet, fierce ways people resist them through love, compassion and resilience.