Fiercely independent teen Karoline wants to prove herself worthy to join Eden’s resistance, which her father led until his death fighting the evil Black Lord’s army. When her domineering stepfather, the resistance’s new leader, secretly meets with a captain of the enemy army, Karoline suspects treachery. Faced with a sinister plot that threatens not only her life and the captain’s, but also the future of all Eden, can she live up to her birthright?