"Fifty years ago a nuclear war decimated the world’s population. A group of survivors of about ten thousand people eventually formed, and what remains of the United States of America chose a president. But of the two families that fought for power, mine lost. Today, the sons and daughters of former adversaries are forced to marry each year in a ceremony meant to ensure the unity of the people. I am sixteen this year, and my turn has come. My name is Ivy Westfall, and I have one single mission in life: to kill the boy I am destined for, Bishop, the president’s son. Since early childhood I have been preparing for this moment. No matter my feelings, my desires, my doubts. The hopes of an entire community rest on me. The time for rebellion approaches… Bishop must die. And I will be the one to kill him. Born to betray and made to kill… Will she be up to it? At once a tortured love story, a psychological thriller and a cruel dystopia, The Book of Ivy pulls you into a breathless countdown from which you will not emerge unscathed."