No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller. A forbidden romance. A deadly plague. The fate of Earth rests in the hands of one girl… Humans and androids crowd the noisy streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague is ravaging the population. From space, the ruthless Lunars look on, waiting for their moment to strike. No one knows that the fate of Earth depends on one girl… Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She is a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, hated by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes entangled with that of the handsome Prince Kai, she suddenly finds herself at the centre of an intergalactic struggle and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover the secrets of her past to protect the future of her world. This is not the fairy tale you remember. But it is a story you will not forget. *** A blend of fairy tale and science fiction... something between Cinderella, The Terminator and Star Wars. Entertainment Weekly A fairy-tale prince among cyborgs. The Wall Street Journal Wonderful. Los Angeles Times Marissa Meyer rules the genre of reimagined fairy tales. The Seattle Times An epic blast. Bustle Perfect for reading in one sitting. MTV Takes the classics to a whole new level. NPR ABOUT THE AUTHOR Marissa Meyer Marissa Meyer is a number one New York Times bestselling author of the novel Bez serca and of Sagi księżycowej, which consists of the novels Cinder, Scarlet, Cress and Winter and the novellas Fairest and Stars Above. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their twin daughters. She loves anything geeky (Sailor Moon, Firefly and any event where a costume is required) and has been in love with fairy tales since childhood. She may well be a cyborg.