<p>Corporate orphans&mdash;children whose parents are forced to abandon them just to make ends meet&mdash;have become commonplace. Twins Eli and Mabel Harper are two such kids trapped beneath the heel of an establishment that seems content to burn the future in exchange for today&rsquo;s convenience.</p><p>In this world compliance is key to survival. When Eli loses his temper protecting Mabel he&rsquo;s prepared to shoulder the weight of the consequences alone&mdash;even if the cost is his death.</p><p>If only that was all they wanted from him&hellip;</p><p>Someone has put a price on the very things that make us human. Someone willing to pay it with the suffering of kids like Eli.</p><p>The strands of fate are tightening the tapestry which binds Earth and Thera slowly coming into focus. Neither time nor space can rend the bonds of destiny.</p><p>A destiny that is coming for Eli Harper.</p>