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HE WAS MADE TO DIE. MARIA
NOW HE HAS A REASON TO LIVE. INGRANDE
MORA

ixteen-year-old Nate is a GEM—a Genetically Engineered Medical
SSurrogate—created by Gathos City scientists as a cure for the elite from
the fatal lung rot ravaging the population. As a child, Nate was smuggled out of
the laboratory where he was held captive and into the Withers—a quarantined,
lawless region. He manages to survive by becoming a Tinkerer, fixing broken tech in
exchange for food or a safe place to sleep. When he meets Reed, a kind and fiercely
protective boy who makes his heart race, and his misfit gang of scavengers, Nate
finds the family he’s always longed for—even if he can’t risk telling them what he is.
But Gathos created a genetic failsafe in their GEMs—a flaw in their DNA that
causes their health to rapidly deteriorate as they age unless they are regularly
dosed with medication controlled by Gathos City. When violence erupts across
the Withers, Nate’s illegal supply of medicine is cut off, and a vicious attack on
Reed threatens to expose his secret. With time running out, Nate is left with only
two options: work for a shadowy terrorist organization that has the means to keep
him alive or stay—and die—with the boy he loves.

“A BOY-LOVES-BOY DYSTOPIAN FANTASY FOR ANYONE NEEDING
A HEARTBREAKING THRILL.”
—KIRKUS REVIEW

“A TENDER STORY ABOUT FOUND FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, AND
FINDING OUT WHO YOU ARE THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART IN
ALL THE BEST WAYS.”
—LINSEY MILLER, AUTHOR OF BELLE RÉVOLTE

“A WORK OF INCREDIBLE WORLD BUILDING, CHOCK FULL OF
CHARACTERS WITH SO MUCH HEART.”
—KELLY MCWILLIAMS, AUTHOR OF
AGNES AT THE END OF THE WORLD

$14.99 US
ISBN: 978-1-63583-028-6
ISBN: 978-1-63583-056-9
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