East meets West in the Future. A girl struggles in the two worlds that may not separate for long. Kat Chamberlain's new series is an exciting adventure of ideas, cultures, friendship, and love.
After the Clounding, the world was split into two vastly different ways of life in its struggle for survival. Young Jili grew up in Ping, where the clans believe that they must return to Nature and put the Famility life above all personal concerns. On the other side of the invisible shield is Caerus, who sees the ever-advancing technology for consumption as the ultimate key to ensure their nation’s growth and happiness.
Jili is coldly banished from her guardian's clan upon his passing. Her nation of Ping promptly summons her for an urgent mission. Now she must cross the border to the hostile land of Caerus and do things she was brought up to never lie, steal, and kill.
Jili undergoes a brutal crash training given by the young but lethal Fortitudor, Mang. She survives the cross-over, only to find herself entangled in a youth revolt led by the hard and fiery Caerus rebel, One Z. The trouble doesn't end right on her tail is a killer group bent on vengeance and world domination. Where is home, whom to love, and does Jili really get to pick?