Climate change turned the Earth to dust. Now, thirst is the ultimate weapon.
Seventeen-year-old Amara has known nothing but scorching heat and the crushing grip of the Director, the man who controls her beloved community—and their water supply. To save themselves from his grasp, the people of the Facility are planning a desperate exodus across a sunbaked wasteland. But the escape route is guarded by the Seekers—enormous, water-drilling robots, capable of crushing anyone in their way to dust.
Eighteen-year-old Remy is the Director’s right-hand man—and Amara’s nemesis. But Remy has secrets, too. Behind his cold mask, he is sabotaging the Director from the inside out.
Now on the run together, and forced into a fragile alliance, Remy and Amara will have to contend with mechanical monsters…and an attraction as scorching as the sun.