Training continues, and Ash has just begun to scratch the surface of the secrets behind the Blight—the disease that's been killing off the entire adult population—and about the Aristocracy, the powerful and wealthy residents of the Arc who control everything.
With allies on both sides of the battle, which side will Ash ultimately choose?

In need of help, she turns to an unlikely ally—as well as old friends—in the beginnings of an Uprising of unprecedented proportions.
Will she and the others succeed, or will her people be swept up in a war that they can never win?