A Shard of Amber Light

For fans of "The Gender Game" and "Divergent." Enter a world ruled by blood, sacrifice, and slavery.South Dakota, once a part of the United States, is now ruled by warlords. Cienna, a berserker, escapes her 'master' Xiao-Chin after years of faithful service, on a bloody battlefield. But she knows Xiao-Chin will not let go easily. With a child, she's desperate to protect, and a man as close as a brother Cienna chases after freedom, and into the arms of The Nation, the semi-nomadic, thriving descendants of the first people. With them, she finds a burgeoning home until it is ripped away by the shadows of her past. Now the choice to look for answers may be no choice at all, and the answers they find may destroy Cienna and her future. In a world ruled by chaos and blood, hope may yet take flight.