The Unlucky Thirteen virus kills all children when they reach thirteen. A cure lies on a distant planet. Zak Connors is two weeks away from his thirteenth birthday. On his birthday, he will fly or die. Fly to Kronnus 13 or die on Earth.
Karien Watts has just failed The Marking, which means working fourteen hour shifts in East Farantopia.
But the examiner gives her another chance to pass if she agrees to do "anything and everything".
With illegal implants, she must help tear down the misogynistic number system.
