Talia Arrow has always wanted exactly one thing in her entire life: to protect her younger brother, Cecile. That's what she promised her parents she would do before they died, so she would fulfill it. When Cecile is granted free entrance into the last safe haven on Earth, New China, it seems like Talia might finally be free of her promise. Getting to New China, miles away from where they reside, though, might be his end. After all, there are people in this world ruined by the destruction of war who would die to get into New China…and there are those who would kill for the chance as well.
