The Cursed Four

Three centuries have passed since the Great War. Lands uninfected by radiation are more valuable than gold, and the genetic purity of a person is the main law of the Seaboard. Those who have undergone mutation face an unenviable fate—lifelong slavery with no hope of freedom. It would seem that a system hardened by centuries is unshakable, but sometimes the most destructive fire grows from a weak spark.

For Rowena, that spark was a yellowed flyer taken from a dusty archive box; for four slaves, it was the day they were sold to new owners. What do a princess and captives have in common? And who of them was born to set fires—and who to put them out?