a bright red apple on a very green tree

In a world where babies are rarer and more precious than diamonds, Tobin Winter leaves the small town that’s all he’s ever known and sets off on a quest to find a new life.

Elanna is a hopemother, one of the few women in her community able to conceive and bear a child — but never allowed to raise one.

Together, Elanna and Tobin set off to find a new world, one in which they both can thrive.

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