An Indie B.R.A.G. Award Winner For centuries, the iron-fisted Ministry has ruled over the people of New Arcadia. Inside the the colony, buildings scrape the sky and magnetic transports glide down the tracks between them. Outside, a merciless wasteland burns beneath the desert sun. Oren doesn't know why the Ministry came for his family. He only knows his parents are dead, and that he will be too if he doesn't flee the colony. Homesick and heartbroken, his only hope for survival lies with a curiously enigmatic and mystical stranger. With deadly predators overhead and assassins close behind, can Oren live long enough to uncover the shocking betrayal behind his parent's death? With her best friend gone and her home life in tatters, Clementine is driven to the streets where she is faced with a choice--steal or starve. Exceedingly clever and gifted with geo-tech, she quickly gains notoriety in New Arcadia's criminal underworld. When she reluctantly agrees to infiltrate a Ministry defense building, she too is forced to flee into the desert with a dark secret too big to ignore. As Ministry forces quietly converge, Oren and Clementine find themselves caught up in a centuries-long battle for the survival of humanity itself.