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Two starcrossed teenagers fall in love during the Hong Kong protests in this searing contemporary novel about comingofage in a time of change

Sixteenyearold Phoenix knows her parents have invested thousands of dollars to help her leave Hong Kong and get an elite Ivy League education They think America means big status big dreams and big bank accounts But Phoenix doesnt want big she just wants home The trouble is she doesnt know where that isuntil the Hong Kong protest movement unfolds and she learns the city shes come to love is in danger of disappearing

Seventeenyearold Kai sees himself as an artist not a filial son and certainly not a cop But when his mother dies hes forced to leave Shanghai to reunite with his estranged father a respected police officer whos already enrolled him in the Hong Kong police academy Kai wants to hate his job but instead he finds himself craving his fathers approval And when he accidentally swaps phones with Phoenix and discovers shes part of a protest network he finds a way to earn it by infiltrating the group and reporting their plans back to the police

As Kai and Phoenix join the struggle for the future of Hong Kong a spark forms between them pulling them together even as their two worlds try to force them apart But when their relationship is built on secrets and deception will they still love the person left behind when the lies fall away