On the harsh red planet of Reva, freedom is earned the hard way. For the descendants of exiled criminals, there is only one escape: survive the Oranos Trials and earn a life beyond the planet that was never meant to be home. Gemma Proctor has spent three years waiting for her chance. Three years since her sister passed the Trials—and was murdered the very next day.

Now, it’s Gemma’s turn. Her goal is simple: survive the Trials, get close to the man responsible, and make him pay. But nothing about the Trials is what she expected. Not the alliances she’s forced to make. Not the secrets buried beneath the surface. And not Christian—the one person who makes her hesitate when she can’t afford to.

Because the deeper Gemma goes, the more everything begins to unravel. The truth. Her mission. Herself. And the only person who might be able to reach her is someone she was never supposed to love.