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"People think I'm crazy to dream of a world any different to our own, but I can't help it. Without dreams, where is the beauty in life?"
Verity lives in a world where there's a place for everyone and everyone is in their place. Except for her. Born with mismatching eyes and a love of history and science, Verity does not belong with all the other Blondes, despite her best efforts.
After a party gone bad reveals who she truly is, Verity finds herself in a position she could have never imagined. She is forced to question herself and everything she was raised to believe in order to make a choice: Remain in her safe little world, on the outside looking in, or join the search for a world she had believed to be destroyed by war to find a place where she belongs.
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