Balin dreams of getting citizenship and becoming a member of Sparia. He gives all the “time” he earns to his sister Ovina, but she isn’t a citizen—she’s a slave in the Parhiz house. A man obsessed with purity and fashion, Parhiz learns that his favorite toy has been in a contaminated zone. Ovina is expelled, her “time” is up, and death is inevitable. But Adrik, the heir of Clan Slat, whose birth is shrouded in mystery, arranges for the girl to be placed with his father. Now she learns what the wall is for—and why the electronic government decided to complete a space elevator. To win a war, you only have to…