Kevin Blaz

The discovery of a strange elemental will change everything for Lathan. Lathan spends his days chasing elementals, hoping to bind only a fragment of their power. When he finds a unique elemental he’s long sought, he thinks fate is finally on his side. Then the deadly Derithan attack. Lathan must stay ahead of them to protect himself and his friends. Outrunning them isn’t enough. To survive, he’ll need to learn truths about the elementals—and about his connection to them.

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet.