Humanity was never meant to live underground. For twenty-five years, Eden has been the last sanctuary, a city sealed beneath the earth, ruled by the doctrine of its Architect, Harland Mooney. The surface—scorched by the wrath of solar storms, is a forbidden wasteland. The truth, however, is far more terrifying. Rachel Mooney has spent her life questioning Eden’s perfection. Haunted by the loss of her mother and the growing cracks in her father’s utopia, she fights for her daughter Lizzy’s future. Lizzy, a prodigy with a mind unlike any other, is beginning to see what others refuse to acknowledge. Eden is dying, and beyond its walls, something is stirring. The Children of the Sun, burning figures of impossible power, have come for Lizzy, drawn to her brilliance, her potential, her destiny. They whisper of ascension, of a new era, of a fire that will consume or transform the world. As Eden teeters on collapse and rebellion ignites, Rachel and Lizzy must escape before they become the final sacrifices to a dying order. But the deeper truth is far more dangerous, Lizzy is not just a girl. She is the key to something greater, and both the Children and Eden will do anything to claim her. The fire is rising. The choice is survival or transcendence. And the fate of humanity rests in the hands of a mother who will burn the world down to save her daughter.