your heart beats only with their permissioneverything changed on the day the day the windows shattered the day the power stopped the day dols family dropped dead the day earth lost a war it didnt know it was fightingsince then dol has lived a simple life in the countryside safe from the shadow of the icon and its terrifying power hiding from the one truth she cant avoidshes different she survived whywhen dol and her best friend ro are captured and taken to the embassy off the coast of the sprawling metropolis once known as the city of angels they find only more questions while ro and fellow hostage tima rage against their captors dol finds herself drawn to lucas the ambassadors privileged son but the four teens are more alike than they might think and the timing of their meeting isnt a coincidence its a conspiracywithin the icons reach dol ro tima and lucas discover that their uncontrollable emotions which theyve always thought to be their greatest weaknesses may actually be their greatest strengthsbestselling author margaret stohl delivers the first book in a heartpounding series set in a haunting new world where four teens must piece together the mysteries of their pasts in order to save the future