Winter

Princess Winter lives at the court of Luna, the moon colony ruled by her stepmother, Queen Levana. Scars mark a face once celebrated for its beauty, yet the court loves her for her kindness. Levana fears her for a different reason: a prophecy says Winter will one day surpass the queen.

Winter loves a palace guard, and when she defies Levana to be with him, she is forced to flee. She joins Cinder, Scarlet, Cress and their allies, who are already moving to overthrow the queen. Their aim is to free both Earth and Luna from her rule.

This is science fiction built on a fairy tale. The book reworks Snow White inside a world of cyborgs, androids and interplanetary politics, so the royal court intrigue sits alongside an uprising that spans two worlds.

It is the fourth and final novel in the Lunar Chronicles, published in November 2015, and it closes the saga that began with Cinder. Readers who have followed the earlier books will find the whole group of heroes brought together against a single tyrant, with the fate of two worlds at stake.