Twenty-one years after a ware nearly wiped the Syckels from existence, the survivors have
learned to hide in plain sight.
Iva has spent her life hiding what she is while living as a slave in Haven. When she finally
escapes, she has only one destination in mind, the distant ridge. A place where rumors whisper that
others like her are hidden beyond the mist.
But freedom is still miles away.
Stranded in Alkali Salt, the last town before the ridge, Iva is forced to wait for the
supplies she needs to continue. What should have been a temporary stop becomes something she never
expected. For the first time, she finds people willing to stand beside her, and a place that begins to
feel dangerously close to home.
But Governor Larkin is still hunting Syckels.
And the longer Iva stays, the harder it becomes to leave without putting everyone she's
grown to care about in danger.