First published 2017
Rowan has kaleidoscope eyes that mark her as forbidden. In Eden, the Center government executes second children like her to control population. She has spent sixteen years hidden in her family's compound, banned from school, friends, and the eye implants that identify true citizens. Outside Eden's walls, Earth lies poisoned and dead after a catastrophe destroyed animals and plants. The EcoPanopticon computer system preserves this last pocket of humanity while slowly healing the ruined world over thousands of years. At sixteen, Rowan breaks free for one night of adventure. She discovers an exotic world beyond her prison and even makes a friend. But her reckless choice leads to tragedy. Now the Center hunts her as a renegade. Rowan must survive as an outlaw in a society that declared her very existence a crime punishable by death.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, adventure, young-adult
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: forbidden-romance, found-family, outlaw
Setting: Eden, Earth
Period: 16th Century
367 pages · Paperback · Marti Yayinlari
Content warnings: death, violence