Dystopian fantasy with a strong rebel who takes her fate and the future of her family into her own hands
Kairra lives in a world with two suns. Along with a multitude of the damned - alleged thieves and murderers, misfits and the destitute - she inhabits the slum outside a city sheltered from the deadly heat. When she and her brother fall into the clutches of the despotic governor Zekoll, she learns that she is said to be descended from gods. To protect her brother from slavery and make their world livable again, Kairra takes up the fight - against the governor and against the gods themselves. She finds unexpected allies in Zekoll's cousin, a supposed messenger of the gods, and a young rebel who knows more than he's willing to admit...
