From New York Times best-selling author Amy Tintera, a high-stakes sci-fi adventure about a teen girl who will do anything to escape her troubled home—even if that means joining a dangerous monster-fighting squad. Perfect for fans of Warcross and Renegades. 

Seventeen-year-old Clara is ready to fight back. Fight back against her abusive father, fight back against the only life she’s ever known, and most of all, fight back against scrabs, the earth-dwelling monsters that are currently ravaging the world. So when an opportunity arises for Clara to join an international monster-fighting squad, she jumps at the chance.

When Clara starts training with her teammates, however, she realizes what fighting monsters really means: sore muscles, exhaustion, and worst of all, death. Scrabs are unpredictable, violent, and terrifying. But as Clara gains confidence in her battle skills, she starts to realize scrabs might not be the biggest evil. The true monsters are the ones you least expect.

• A Dystopian World: Ravaged by earth-dwelling monsters known as scrabs, this is a near-future world where survival means fighting back with everything you have.
• A Desperate Escape: For seventeen-year-old Clara, joining a monster-fighting squad isn’t just a job—it’s the only way out from under the fist of her abusive father.
• Found Family: On a team of misfits and outcasts, Clara might find more than just battle skills. She might find a place to belong... if they all live long enough to see it.
• A Dangerous Conspiracy: Clara soon learns that the scrabs might not be the only monsters. In the high-stakes world of corporate-funded monster hunters, the deadliest enemies are the ones you trust.