There's one way out ... through the past. Seventeen-year-old Roxy Eisen has been told her entire life she is the hope for her people. The problem is - she's just a normal teenager, except without parents ... or freedom. In 2074 New York City, a tyrant has taken advantage of the devastated United States and claimed the city for her own kingdom. Regal Manager Leona controls the people with the threat of death by portal - a gateway to a black hole created in a project to deflect its pull on Earth. Roxy and a bunker full of kids were hidden below the streets of Manhattan when their parents fought and died in the Resistance sixteen years before. Now Morris, their protector, is dead, and Roxy is in charge. She knows they can't stay hidden forever, and based on information from her friend on the inside, Levi, Leona is closing in. Roxy and Levi could never imagine the journey they will take when they inevitably stand in front of the portal. Who will be waiting on the other side? Can Roxy trust her alliance with Levi, a citadel soldier? What sacrifices will make a way back through time to wage an epic battle against Leona? Can one girl shine brightly enough to lead everyone home? If you liked The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins or Divergent by Veronica Roth; if you like science fiction, time travel or dystopia, with a hint of romance, there's something for you in Transient, the first book of the Transient Trilogy.