by Alex Ezrati (Author)
Young Wren had been hammered out of shape more often than she could remember. Fourteen was too young to be thrown headlong into the underbelly of a city that hit so hard and cared so little, but the city was all she knew. At night she would dream of unimaginable power, but every time she awoke, she felt weaker, and she bucked against that weakness like a rat in a cage.In Book 1 of the Wren Stories, see a cold, desperate world through the eyes of a girl filled with fire. Follow Wren's shaking steps through a city buffeted by terror, and learn how the strongest steel can only be shaped by the hardest hammer blows.Wren flies the nest only to be caged, and flees her cage to find that clipped wings can regrow, and a heart bent out of shape can be reforged. She adapts to find safety in the shadows that once scared her, sees hope bloom in a place she thought was dead, and learns in the hardest way possible that the only way to survive in the city is to stay low, think fast, and strike first.