Her mother, Reyna, is the leader of her village. Kait Diaz is an outsider – a group that fervently rejects the dictatorial new cog that emerged from the ashes of the locust war. Del Walkerĭel, a former operative in a cog special forces unit, went AWOL with his comrade and best friend, JD Fenix, after their involvement in a classified military “incident.” An orphan who befriended JD at boarding school, Del currently lives in an outsider village, where he and JD have become close friends with Kait, the daughter of the village leader. He and del have found sanctuary among outsiders whom they saved from cog reprisals, and, like them, now reject the oppressive government they once served. JD Fenix is a former lieutenant in the cog who went AWOL with his comrade and best friend, del, after being caught up in a classified military “incident.” The son of Marcus Fenix, JD is an idealist who wants to live his life with purpose.
