A spellbinding standalone SF novel, this will appeal to fans of }Wintersong{ by S. Jae-Jones and }All The Birds In The Sky{ by Charlie Jane Anders. In a city devastated by an epidemic where survivors all have missing parts, Nell has always been an outsider with machinery on the inside: her heart. Stumbling across a lost mannequin's hand, Nell has a thought: can she build her own companion in a world that fears advanced technology?