Description A wily young thief must use her wits to survive futuristic, alternate history Beijing in this Les Miserables inspired young adult cyberpunk that is perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Fullmetal Alchemist. When Zhong Ning'er takes the job, she expects a smash-and-grab burglary she's doing to make rent and help out a friend. What she doesn't expect: a sad-eyed army boy who dreams of insurrection, a former rebel leader trapped inside a secret lab, a group of aspiring revolutionaries who are first collaborators, then compatriots, and then, perhaps, friends. But this is Beijing, nearly a hundred and fifty years after General Yuan Shikai successfully declared himself emperor in 1915. His descendants rule the country from their seat in the imperial city, their gendarmerie-the Beiyang Army-run the streets, aided by cyborgs and the Brocade Guard. Walls have risen, dividing the city into districts called Rings-nominally only by geography, but in truth by class. Earthquakes devastate the northern farmlands, crops drown in the southern typhoo