![]() That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. That life in the United States used to be different.Įmber has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. Living with her rebellious single mother, it's hard for her to forget that people weren't always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren't always this way. People who get arrested usually don't come back. There are no more fines for bad behavior-instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. ![]() There are no more police-instead, there are soldiers. ![]() The Bill of Rights has been revoked and replaced with the Moral Statutes. ![]()
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