A dark, dystopian story set in the aftermath of a bloody war where a half-blood Darkling and a human find themselves falling in forbidden love.
“A Romeo and Juliet–type of relationship, yet there’s so much action, anger, and angst that the plot line is just as vital as the romance aspect.”—USA Today
“Compelling and fresh.”—VOYA
Natalie, a human and the daughter of a government official, is still reeling from her father’s murder by a crazed Darkling, so how can she now be falling for Ash, a brooding half-blood Darkling boy?
Despite being half-human, Ash is scorned everywhere he goes. The Sentry have banished all Darklings to the wrong side of the ghetto wall and would love nothing more than to have them totally eradicated from the United Sentry States. Though he tries to deny how he feels about Natalie, knowing it could be a danger to them both, Ash is finding it hard to stay away. . . .
In the aftermath of a terrible, bloody war in the still-smoldering Black City, Natalie and Ash do the unthinkable—they fall in love.
