Disfigured and rejected, Rose hides in Lower Earth’s ghetto. But now she must choose… …Prevent a civil war or be its first victim. Left behind and cowering in the shadows, Rose faces ridicule and violence as a genetic deviant in the ghetto of post-apocalyptic Lower Earth. But when a Backroom Man plans an execution that would hit those closest to Rose, she must make a choice: If she dares to take action, she will find herself in the cross-hairs of the Backroom Men. If she doesn't, the men who reigned before the Final War will begin to again take over Lower Earth. She's the only one who can stop them. The gifts in her blood have prepared her for this very day. If she lives to see it through. You'll be sucked into Rose's world, a dystopian thrill ride where it's lawless in the alleys and fascist in the streets.