In the isolated desert kingdom of Achra, sixteen-year-old Princess Kateri flees the palace and trains with the rebel Desert Boys to overthrow the cruel captain of the guard in this retelling of Frank Stockton's short story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

When the government collapsed, leaving Alaska to fend for itself, Travis's family chose to stay. When the fires burned through their town, Travis's family chose to stay. When the fires came back, turning even the wilderness to ash, Travis's family was trapped. Natural disasters and a breakdown of society have cut off Alaska from the world and destroyed its landscape. Now, as food runs out and the few who remain turn on each other, Travis and his...