The Defied — Kindra Sowder

No secret can remain hidden in war. The Fallen Paradigm, the rebel forces of the Specials, has fallen -- reduced to its remaining three strongholds. Mila has lost everything -- including her mother and a limb -- leaving her to wonder about her destiny as their salvation and the newfound leader of the rebellion after her mother's passing. Gaia is missing and Mila holds onto hope that her last remaining blood relative is alive, trying to find her way to them to fight by her sister's side once again. King's forces are only growing, and gaining on them after every step forward. The threat of John Baker looms over them, but is he the monster Mila truly believes him to be, or the key to victory? And a revelation about Horatia's past has caused Mila to question not just who she is, but the role she is to play in the war against Emerson King and his army. Can she accept the truth and use it against him? Or will she fall to the pressure of fate?