Burners

“My candle burns on both ends;It will not last the night.But ah my foes, and oh my friends,It gives a lovely light!”It is now 30 days until Grace’s DeathdayThat is the fate on the red card Grace was dealt at age six on Dealing Day. A burner. Her twin sister, Millay, was dealt a white card. A People. No Deathday.For twenty years, the sisters have lived different lives. In different places.Then there’s the wild card, Ryker, a burner, who has no memories of his own past.In what was left of the world after the Chaos, mankind surrendered control to Dealer, a powerful computer that has kept society running for centuries.But truths don’t come easy. And everyone and everything is not as they appear.The mantra in following Dealer’s edicts: It is what it is.Until today.“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world!”