Hera Mayors wakes up one day to find that she can't hear anymore. While supporting her younger brother who is hospitalized she ends up being fired from her job and resorts to taking on a dangerous psychological experiment project in exchange for money.

"Refinement: A War Of Europe" is the first book in a Dystopian Trilogy. It portrays a raging war between "West" (Located in England) and "East" (Located in Russia). There are two Protagonists, both from different views of the war. Eloise, a fifteen year old girl, had her father and little sister lost at the hands of the Easterns, and is constantly fighting inwardly with her burning desire for revenge. She is not skilled in anything physical, but her mental capacity is superb. Anya, a seventeen year old girl, has had to live on her own with only her best friend Lecyna to help find food. Her whole life she was agonizingly poor, and had to scavenge for her food illegally. Both Anya and Eloise were chosen for a system to change them, or rather, refine them to become a soldier. They had to go through a certain amount of stages to certify themselves as worthy to fight for their country.