Isabella Harred has spent twenty-five years preparing to inherit the Federation—a sealed world built by her family and ruled through loyalty, surveillance, and fear.

Then the technology controlling her appearance and memories is disabled.

The woman in the mirror is not the one Isa remembers. The man helping her escape claims to know her from another universe. And the mother who raised her may have stolen her from a life Isa cannot remember.

Beyond Central City’s walls, Isa finds a ruined world still clinging to color, faith, and rebellion. She also finds people who recognize her face, call her by names she has never heard, and believe she may be something far more dangerous than an heir.

But Isa did not leave home to become a savior.

She left to find out who she was before everyone else decided for her.

And the closer she gets to the truth, the more she realizes that escape may have been the first step in a story already written around her.

This is, in fact, a love story.