lisamariemenzel
The world ended once.
Now, humanity survives inside a handful of cities protected by walls no ordinary person can cross.
Beyond them is a ruined world shaped by the remnants of an ancient magical war.
Inside, everyone knows the rules:
The Bound survive.
The Unbound don't.
Charlize has been Bound since she was eight. For eighteen years, she's lived in the city's elite, trained for the day she'll finally cross beyond the walls. But when she's transferred to another city, she discovers that the rules she's known her entire life are not rules at all. They're only what she's been allowed to believe.
And the people waiting for her in City B know far more about magic than they should. Including one man who should not be alive. And one truth about Charlize that could change everything.