One boy used as bait. One girl with a secret past. Together, they'll sink a Regime. Thirteen-year-old Flynt Cunningham was never meant to survive. As bait aboard a sea monster-hunting ship, his life was cheap. Until he escaped. Now, he's on the run with Xanthe, a deadly girl with red eyes, a violent past, and secrets carved into her skin. Together, they set out to break into the Capital and rescue Flynt's imprisoned father. But the Regime is an ever-growing war machine; ruthless, relentless, and always building new weapons, especially the kind that bleed. To bring it down, they'll have to outwit soldiers, hijack airships, and stay one step ahead of the masked enforcer hunting them: an elite assassin known only as the Reaper. Because surviving the hunt is just the beginning. And some monsters are made, not born...
