Z. Exie

After losing her parents and surviving The Reckoning, a catastrophic earthquake that nearly destroyed most of North America, young Thecla survived on her own in the remains of the destruction, known as The Wastelands, against all odds. Seven years later, now a fiercely, self-trained warrior and hunter-gatherer, Thecla is suddenly introduced into a new order of civilization known as Carpathia, a pious community where the prominent Bishop Kato governs. Thecla quickly discovers that her survival skills and instincts that kept her alive in the brutal, wild, and untamed Wastelands is no match for her new life in Carpathia.