"As the dust settles after a devastating second American civil war, the work of rebuilding begins. But can a population who's spent years divided and hell-bent on victory at any cost ever be truly reunited? The scars of war are many: lives have been destroyed; cities have been completely eradicated; and prisoners of war who have been experimented on, in the name of science and in the search for a perfect soldier, are now emerging with dark and dangerous abilities"--

Lilith Saintcrow was born in New Mexico, bounced around the world as an Air Force brat, and fell in love with writing when she was ten years old. She currently lives in Vancouver, WA.