Quinta Voss survived the dig and learned the truth about her father's death, only to be reclassified by the colony AI.
She made a bargain: stay quiet. Stay useful. Stay alive. Until a young boy arrives at her clinic with the same symptoms that killed his grandfather—a man who believed Sector Four was making him sick. Valence refuses to investigate, and Quinta knows better than to draw attention. But she can't ignore a child's suffering just to protect her own standing. Sector Four has been blockaded since the dig. The only person who can get Quinta inside is Kellan—whose retinal implant marks him as a walking surveillance risk to neighbors who no longer trust him. The deeper they go, the clearer the truth becomes: You don't get reclassified for what you've done. You get reclassified for what you might become. And in a colony where survival depends on staying invisible, Quinta has just made herself impossible to ignore. The second book in The Glassborn Chronicles, Unworthy, is a slow-burn dystopian thriller about institutional rot, surveillance, and the cost of looking too closely—perfect for fans of Wool and Station Eleven.
