The world has already burned. In the wake of Rahim’s Wrath, the clans lie shattered, their keeps reduced to ruin and ash. Mals roam the land in mindless hunger, and the surviving Remnant cling to life beneath darkened skies and three silent moons.

Feed your Hunger. In a distant, war-torn land, every man, woman and child must either consume the magical substance known as Sustenance or succumb to the Hunger. Those who succumb develop deformities and face exile — or even death.

Capital 4 has solved every human problem, including human nature. Cast into the wild, four unlikely outcasts cross strange societies, each certain it has found the right way to live. All they want is somewhere no one will correct, classify, or tame them.

The man on the train made her forget her own name. The man in the boardroom made her wish she never learned his.

A billionaire. A bet and blackmail. A bookstore on the line. Love wasn't supposed to be in the cards.