The world as we know it ended 209 years ago. From a desert wasteland springs a single kingdom, ruled by a tyrannical King and trapped in an endless war against the shadowy desert warriors. As a desperate bid to save what remains of humanity, society has been split into two distinct classes, nicknamed the Court and the Commons. For an oppressed population on the brink of revolution, a common thief could be the last hope. Up until now, Kay has survived by her wits alone. Reckless and impulsive, wanted by the King's guard, Kay has become known as the Runner. Using the city's rooftops as her personal domain, she manages to keep one step ahead of the King with one hand buried in the purses of the courtiers. Driven by the plight of the commoners and the unjust death of her family, Kay seizes the chance to graduate from small-time thievery to full-scale rebellion. Her opportunity comes in the form of Will, a wealthy ex-soldier with a dark past. Plucked from the streets and thrown into the shimmering palace court, Kay must use her every strength to blend into a world where she doesn't belong, closer to the enemy than she ever thought she would be.

"You have a great gift, a gift that changes everything." At sixteen years old, Sen has lived a peaceful life, unaware of the terror, oppression and turmoil lying beneath the utopian facade of his city and country. Everything about his life is seemingly ordinary, he goes to a ordinary school, has ordinary friends, an ordinary sister, an ordinary life... That is, until he meets a not-so normal girl who together discover a powerful shared ability to summon an ancient being known as The Messenger. Suddenly, Sen is forced into the chaotic world he can't control, his fate brutally entwined with the people fighting to destroy the city in a crazy plot to overthrow the government and bring justice to the tyrannized citizens. Sen will come to question the price of his actions and the truth of what he's fighting for. Is it better to live the pretty lie or face the ugly truth? (Contains swearing and minor violence.) (I've made a lot of references to the video game Mirrors Edge and a few to the anime Naruto. It's a weird combination but they're both things I really love!) #5 in action 20.6.16 :D