Book excerpt: Winner of the Bronze Medal in the 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. Kirk brings the reader into an intricate, well-imagined world— a landscape so credible it instantly feels like a classic. Beth Kander, author of the Original Syn Trilogy Trust what you see, not what you’re told. In a society that made males obsolete, the Weave engineers a female’s abilities. Girls like Dinitra are engineered by Sowers and assigned their life purpose when they turn sixteen. But sometimes, the Sowers get things wrong. A resistance is growing. Rebels are fabricating humans of their own--including males--and plan to topple the Weave in a war that could destroy them all. When Dinitra is assigned a job with the Legion, she uncovers the ugliest secrets of the Weave. Her loyalty is tested when she’s captured by the rebels and develops a dangerous bond with a male warrior--a shameful crime that she may pay for with her life. Fans of Neal Shusterman's Arc of a Scythe series and Alexandra Bracken's The Darkest Minds series will delight in this heart-pounding adventure.