A Black City Novel Series

The pulse-pounding conclusion to the Black City trilogy, where a postapocalyptic world is torn apart by prejudice, power, and forbidden love.

“Compelling and fresh.”—VOYA

“Provides a balanced combination of romance, action, and fantasy.”—School Library Journal

Following the enthralling cliff-hanger ending of Phoenix, Natalie finds herself separated from Ash and unexpectedly reunited with her parents, including the father she thought was dead. After her escape from prison, Natalie’s mother joined the Sentry Rebellion and had Natalie brought to her in Gallium. Natalie’s relieved to know her parents are okay, despite her shock at learning her father is alive and well, but she can only think of Ash. She hasn’t heard a word of him since she and Elijah were brought to the underground headquarters of the Sentry Rebellion. But she knows he’s out there. And she vows not to stop searching for him, even if her parents won’t help.

Ash, meanwhile, finds himself back in Black City, which was abandoned after the fires he set ravaged the city weeks ago. Still on the run from the Sentry government and now aligned with Elijah’s brothers, it’s the perfect place to avoid detection. He worries for Natalie, but the beat of his heart tells him she’s still alive somewhere. He won’t stop searching until he finds her, even as the United Sentry States and the terrible reign of Purian Rose come crashing down around him.

In the second installment of the dystopian Black City trilogy, Ash Fisher’s blissful life is upended when a menacing figure delivers a life-altering ultimatum.

“Exciting and compelling plot . . . will have readers quickly turning pages. This reviewer will no doubt be back to see where the tale goes next.”—VOYA

Ash believes his troubles are far behind him. He and Natalie are engaged and life seems good. But his happiness is short-lived when he receives a threatening visit from Purian Rose, who gives Ash an ultimatum: vote in favor of Rose’s Law—a law that will send Darklings and other dissenters to a deadly concentration camp—or Natalie will be killed.

At first the decision is clear, but can Ash really risk the lives of millions of Darklings to save the one he loves?

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.