In the abyssal depths of the Geneva Crater-a colossal scar on the planet turned death-row mine-condemned inmates, branded Civilian Dogs, labor without end. Electric collars and neck-embedded nanobots sear them awake the instant sleep beckons, for slumber here means the Snow-white stone's curse: an eternal, breathing coma, flesh rotting while the mind drifts in silent horror.
Rufus and Anabel, two shadows among the damned, share a whispered secret that could shatter the world's silence. Amid psychopathic gangs, collapsing tunnels laced with glowing poison, and guards who are little more than machines, they carve a desperate plan to break free.
Brynn Kingslee has spent a third of her life protecting herself from her stepfather as fiercely as a twelve year old can.
Only to find, after his death, she has seven fiercely protective older brothers who didn't realise that not only would they be protecting her from their work, but also protecting her from her past, too.