Lai Cathwell is good at keeping secrets. As a Nyte, a supernaturally gifted teenager who is feared and shunned by the ungifted, this skill is essential to survival. Orchestrating her own imprisonment to escape military duty has only honed her ability to deceive others. But when rebels start attacking the city, Lai is dragged back into the fight with a new team of Nytes.

Thrown together with Jay, a  self-conscious perfectionist consumed by the desire to be accepted; Al, a  short-tempered fighter lying for the sake of revenge; and Erik, an amnesiac  hell-bent on finding his memories and his place in the world, Lai realizes  she’s facing an entirely different kind of challenge—one that might just be  impossible. But if this team can't learn to work together, the entire sector will be plunged into war.