The sun is a dead god, and its warmth is the apocalypse.In the last domed city, Aethelburg, a new species rules. The Luminis are immune to the radiation, but they feed on the last remnants of humanity huddled in underground bunkers.Jaxon is the heir to this perfect, brutal order, raised to believe in his father's cold logic. Oriana is an engineer from the bunkers, a prisoner whose presence shatters his illusions and reveals the horrifying truth beneath the city's gleaming surface.Their escape ignites a war.Hunted by Jaxon's own people and chased across a scorched wasteland known as the Scar, they seek refuge with the human rebellion. But they find no easy allies-only more secrets, deeper betrayals, and a new leader, Ronan, twisted by a thirst for vengeance that rivals the consul's.Caught between two tyrants, Oriana and Jaxon discover a devastating secret: Project Chimera, a plan for genocide, and the faint legend of Ark Station, a last-ditch hope for a cure.To survive, they must navigate a maze of shifting alliances and brutal warfare, where the line between savior and monster has blurred to nothing. And the only path forward may force them to become the very thing they are fighting against.