In a world ravaged by the Blight, survival is a privilege granted only to the worthy. For Ashen Spencer, her seventeenth birthday marks the start of a perilous journey: a year of grueling training and service at the Arc, where the mysterious Panel will decide if she deserves the life-saving Cure.
Assigned to serve a wealthy family, Ashen is captivated by their alluring son and dazzled by the promise of a life far removed from her poverty-stricken roots. But as she uncovers dark truths about the elite and the society she’s been taught to revere, Ashen faces an impossible choice.
Will she fight for a future within the system, or risk everything to challenge the very forces that hold the Cure—and her fate?
