The Union: 1

After global warming and a second civil war devastated the former United States two different societies rose from the ashes - the Union a towering high-tech utopia hugging the perimeter of the continent and the devastated untamed midsection known as the Ruins. Seventeen-year-old Evan Taylor has an easy privileged life in the Union. What she doesnt have is any idea what to do with the rest of her life. She only knows she wants to do something meaningful to make a difference in the lives of others. When shes kidnapped and taken into the Ruins as a pawn in a dispute involving her boyfriend Bryce her ideal world is turned upside down. What she learns while in the Ruins shakes her faith in everything shes ever known from Bryce to her family and even the Union itself. Now Evan must choose whether to stay with Cyrus the sexy resourceful survivor who believes shes in the Ruins for a reason or return to the only life shes ever known. But when she stumbles upon a dangerous plot that threatens both worlds her decision could tear her apart.