When Adina Sky's settlement is razed by raiders, she's thrust into an adventure beyond anything she could have imagined... Saved from death or slavery by Asher, a handsome, mysterious desert warrior, Adina's heart and everything she knows are thrown into chaos.

Asher seems like he's from another world. A knight in the savage wastelands with newly manufactured equipment and a hulking armored vehicle. When he tells her he's from a city state called Cosanti where people live in safety, have plenty to eat, and where factories churn out wonders, Adina isn't sure how to believe him. After all, the city states were just stories, fairytales of abundance. No one actually believed them. But Asher is real -- so maybe the city states are real too.

But will there be anything left for them to find, or will it only be A Season of Guns and Dust?