Harm. Three things I know to be true. One, being selected by the Guardian regime is a fate worse than death. Two, I devote my days to tirelessly handcrafting furniture for trade to keep my family taxes paid and the four of us safe from execution. And I will do anything to stop that from happening. And three … Everything I know about my life, is a lie. When the Guardian regime takes more boys for its ranks, I have to rebel. And it costs me everything. Devastated, the only choice is to run. Imani. Free spirit … That’s what my uncle calls me. I prefer rebel fighter, travelling the sands helping people affected by the regime. And when a boy finds his way to my halfway house, an abandoned Guardian outpost, I swear I am not getting involved. But then he walks right into the heart of trouble. He won’t last three days out here. He needs me to survive. My plans to help the rebellion stop the Chancellor who has altered the weather to keep the people in poverty are on hold. And with Harm, I make an epic discovery that could change it all. But when my intimate ties to the regime deliver the person I love most, and the rebels only hope, straight to the hands of the Guardians … My world falls apart.