Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller can remember the days before the new government, before the Moral Militia replaced the police, before the Moral Statutes and the constant state of fear. In the three years since the war ended, she has learned how to survive on food stamps and charity bin clothes, and to keep a low profile. That is, until her single mother is arrested for breaching Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. Now Ember must find her mother and compliance to the authorities is the last thing on her mind.
