A young girl finds herself trapped in a dystopian world, where the concept of freedom is a distant dream . . .
"Strong and affecting."-VOYA
"Moody and compelling."-Kirkus Reviews
"The nature of survival is exquisitely explored here."-BCCB
What is the price of freedom?
In her rebel society, Grace is raised to be an Angel-trained to carry out suicide missions and destined to die for freedom. But Grace is a rebel herself, and she refuses to die for the cause. Now she's on the run-but she isn't alone. Kerr, who has secrets of his own, is accompanying Grace on her cross-country train ride to freedom. But as soldiers stalk the aisles of their overcrowded train, Grace, fearful of discovery, struggles to hide the secret that threatens her existence.
Autorentext
Elizabeth Scott lives just outside Washington, D.C.
Klappentext
Grace was raised to be an Angel, a herald of death by suicide bomb. But she refuses to die for the cause, and now Grace is on the run, daring to dream of freedom. In search of a border she may never reach, she travels among malevolent soldiers on a decrepit train crawling through the desert. Accompanied by the mysterious Kerr, Grace struggles to be invisible, but the fear of discovery looms large as she recalls the history and events that delivered her uncertain fate.
Told in spare, powerful prose by acclaimed author Elizabeth Scott, this tale of a dystopian near future will haunt readers long after they've reached the final page.