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When Emma's perfect life is torn apart by a rising rebellion, she is left with only her best friend Will who she met under peculiar conditions many years ago. No parents. No title. And no home.
Travelling from one side of the country to the other, the pair are forced to confront the difficult circumstances surrounding their unlikely friendship while battling to stay alive.
The mysteries keep swirling. Are her parents still alive? Who is leading the violent revolution? Why did they target her?
Can Emma and Will stay alive long enough to save her parents and their country?
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