Chapter One

In a grisly, dystopian future, Aman keeps losing people-to war, to hunger, to disease. Up to now this has been her way of life. Thanks to the modifications installed in her body, it's easier for her to survive than it is for most people. She just has to stay on the run and out of conflict. But when she passes through a settled colony, she is forced to spend the night with Maia, a girl her age raised in entirely different circumstances. Soon Aman learns some people are harder to run from-and forget-than others.