Synopsis

Inaworldwherepowerdeterminesstatus,survival,andhumanworth,thosebornwithoutabilitiesarebrandedwithasinglelabel:Rank0.YesuinKaelithaisoneofthem.Easygoing,detachedandcompletelyunremarkableonpaper,YesulivesquietlyintheneglectedZerodistrictsoftheSouth,farbeneaththenoticeofsociety’selite.Butaftersurvivingaseriesofimpossibleincidentsthatshouldhavekilledher,shebeginsattractingattentionfromtheverysystemthatonceignoredher.Firstit’ssuspicion.Thensurveillance.Thenfear.Asgovernmentauthorities,eliteacademies,andhiddenfactionsbegincirclingaroundher,Yesuisforcedintoaworldruledbypowerfulabilityusers,politicalconflict,andarigidsystembuilttodecidewhomattersandwhodoesn’t.Butthereisoneproblem.Yesu’sabilitydoesnotfitintoanyknownclass.Themoreshesurvives,themoreshechanges.Andthemoreshechanges…themoredangerousshebecomes.Inasocietyobsessedwithclassification,Yesumaybethefirstexistencethatcannotbedefined.