Three centuries have passed since the Great War. Lands not contaminated by radiation are worth more than gold, and humanity’s genetic purity is the Coastal Region’s main law. Those who have undergone mutations are condemned to a miserable fate—lifelong slavery without hope of freedom.
It would seem that a system hardened over centuries is unshakable, but sometimes the most destructive fire grows from a single weak spark. For Rowena, that spark was a yellowed leaflet from a dusty box of archives; for four slaves, it was the day of sale to new masters.
What do a princess and prisoners have in common? And which of them was born to light fires—and which to put them out?