M.S. Duirham

Coming Fall 2027
 

For generations, the Corporation has ruled through the power of one girl: The Only. Crowned the living embodiment of a goddess as a child, she is adored by all until being publicly beheaded on her seventeenth birthday—sacrificed and replaced by another girl—to keep the goddess' wrath at bay.

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The reigning Only, sixteen-year-old Juno, has spent her life preparing to die and never questioned her fate. Until her best friend whispers in her ear, They’re lying to you, Juno, before disappearing.

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On the outskirts of the city, orphaned Sparrow has struggled to survive under the Corporation’s iron grip. When she’s chosen to compete in a televised pageant for a coveted place in the Only’s glamorous inner circle, she can’t refuse. But Sparrow has secrets of her own, and a growing rebellion wants her to assassinate Juno before her Sacrifice, shattering the myth that keeps the Corporation in power.

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As their lives become dangerously entwined, Juno and Sparrow discover that the greatest threat to their world isn’t the anger of a goddess, but the treacherous truth that could unleash a revolution.