Blood is stronger than alliances. Truth hides behind lies.
Every woman must protect herself or die for Queen and country.
Daphna is desperate. To save countless lives, the leader of the Sisters must convince the Queen and Central Tower to find a cure for the Elgin disease or watch in horror as her people writhe in agony to their death.
Queen Ariane’s obsession with perfecting women’s genetic code defies logic to anyone who doesn’t know the history that runs in the blood of queens.
The fear of betrayal is powerful.
And Ariane has tasted the shame of being left behind. First by her mother, and then by her closest aide, Gale. Gale saw what was in Ariane’s heart and abandoned her because of it. There was nowhere else for her to go but to the Sisters. And Ariane knew it.
Fearful now that the Sisters in the Outer Counties will rise against her, Ariane cannot let the Sisters advance on the capital.
But both Ariane and Daphna are determined to succeed. Ariane directs her Guard to control the masses, but Daphna won’t be subdued. As a former researcher in the capital, she holds a secret that could stop Queen Ariane in her tracks…
At the heart of the Queen’s weakness is Gale.
Will Ariane endure the taste of failure or will she allow the illness to decimate everyone and everything in Lower Earth?
Find out in this adrenaline-rushing dystopian science fiction novel!