Malformation *signed*

A surgeon. A prisoner. A love that changes the world.

Story Ross is not a rebel. She's grateful to The Bastion for blanketing the world in peace and stability. As a brilliant young healthcare prodigy, she's poised to begin her career training Al healthcare models. Every surgery, every birth, every death has been removed from human hands.

When her younger sister, Lark, is placed on an end-of-life countdown, Story is consumed by finding a way to fix the mysterious birthmark taking a deadly toll on Lark's small body.

A forced university trip into the heavily guarded Hocking Forest reveals truths that will rewrite the rules of Story's life and loyalty. There she encounters Ivan Rhys, the imprisoned engineer who will do anything to save her, all while setting her soul and career alight. He holds the secret to saving not just Lark, but the entire world.

Story and Ivan team up, determined to prove they can save Lark and others like her. This puts a target on Story's back, making more than just The Bastion take notice of her. As the world crumbles around them, they learn that sometimes love really is the only thing you can rely on.

What tipping point forces her to be the first human to wield a scalpel in decades?