About the book: 2020 / My name is Vanessa, I’m fourteen, and soon I’ll find out how I’m going to die - either from old age, having lived a gray life behind the control of an automatic farm , flinching from every rustle, or twenty, in battle, defending your village. So-so options, but we still have no choice - a strong-willed person, a special mineral who knows our essence better than us, decides for us. And what can I do to distract myself from thoughts of death? Of course, find love, fight fears, try to get to know old acquaintances again, and most importantly, try to stop the war. 'Cause I'm the first one who doesn't want it to last…