Ever since she remembers her mum and stepdad Kelvin have always abused her and treated their children Eloise and Leo like royalty. When she gets gets a massive injury she can't explain who knows what will happen.

"In the eyes of the Absolute Law, I have no rights. I am no-one. But I'm not the only no-one. There are thousands of us. We are imprisoned in the underground bunker that was once built to save humanity. There is no sunlight here, it is always dark and damp. We eat from cans and drink dirty water. We learn by teaching ourselves to read outdated books. We are the children of the 'depraved'. Perpetual orphans raising one another. and when we turn 18. They own us." Imogen is 18, and about to be sold to the highest bidder. Unfortunately for her the highest bidder is the crown. They're after a new test subject for a mystery serum. A serum that has killed 10 others before her. Miraculously she survives, and soon discovers she isn't quite the same person anymore. Oliver is 24 and the son of the Queen. He despises the way things are and yearns for change. At first he and Imogen dislike each other intensely. Each believing the wrong things about the other. Soon they realize just how valuable they are to one another, and how together they just might be able to take down the Absolute Laws.

After World War III, the future begins. A diary kept by a growing girl, Ellianna, in the new age, shows what life is now like. With the most intelligent living parents on the Earth, Ellianna struggles in their shadows as she lives in the past. How long will she be their test subject?

The greatest tragedy the world has ever known turned out to be the ultimate catalyst for change. In the wake of World War III, which decimated most of the world's population, the remaining survivors vowed to not continue to repeat the same mistakes of the past. Fortunately, they had something previous generations did not have - advanced technology. The year is 2117 and this once shattered civilization has become prosperous again. Innovative forms of technology have enabled them to abandon the old model and re-engineer a better way of living for all. Brain implants and genetic modifications have made an entire population educated, healthy, and kind. Despite the benefits of this technology, it has created some unforeseen side effects that threaten humankind's existence. When technology proves to be inept at solving the world's problem, a new hope emerges in the unlikeliest form - a young orphan girl. *** Cyberpunk, dystopian, technology, future, futurism, scifi, heroine, prodigy...