This is the world without testosterone.

Without violence.

Without men.

Nora has been chosen since birth to join the Mothers, who rule the Convent in wisdom and love by gentling the poor souls born as males.

Jude leaves home with his fiddle and a dream to see a real live girl. It is Nora’s duty to capture any wild boys who trespass on Convent territory, but Jude is not a typical wild boy. He threatens to upend Nora’s world. From their vast differences and desperation arises a passion that could shatter all that the Mothers have built.

Book One

Five towers. Five colors. One way out.

“The magic of Harry Potter, the message of Narnia.”

Cipher wakes up in the Blue Tower with no memories of his former life. He discovers that he is not alone. Dozens of boys and girls must compete in a battle called the Scouring against four other towers—Red, Green, Yellow, and Black—each with its own rules and powers.

In his first Scouring, Cipher captures Emma, a girl from Yellow, whose memories from Victorian England move Cipher to uncover his own past. He must learn who he was before he can figure out why he’s here...and how to get out.