At sixteen, Lillian Marshalls did the unthinkable to protect her sister - and paid for it with everything she had. Ten years later, she's still paying. Wanted by the law and living in the shadows of Chicago, she's built something unexpected: a team, a purpose, and the closest thing to a family she's ever known. But the city is rotting from the inside. Corruption has taken root in the justice system, and when Lillian starts pulling at the threads, she uncovers something far darker than dirty officials - a ghost from her own past, a dangerous weapon being deployed on the streets, and a enemy whose grip on the city grows stronger by the day. The deeper she digs, the more she risks losing everything she's rebuilt. Her freedom. Her team. The people she's learned to love. And the one thing she swore she'd never do again - trust the system that already destroyed her once. A HUGE Shoutout to SailorApryl for helping make this cover, your time and effort is greatly appreciated

A dystopian thriller that evolves into a violent sci-fi nightmare with hints of monster (very) dark romance. --------- Alice has a good life: a great job, a cozy, paid-off apartment, and a loving husband. She also has an oppressive government, a war-torn city, and general social decay around her, and what seems to be an alien invasion, though nobody is willing to admit it. You know, the kind of things that can really throw a wrench into a morning commute. She should have left a long time ago, but right or wrong, it's her country. What's the worst that could happen if she sticks to it? No, seriously, what's literally the worst?