Amaranth

A devastating virus. A nation-wide quarantine. A ruthless government at war with the world. And its all seventeen-year-old Lyra Harmons fault. Lyra is the only person known to have phoenix cells, which regenerate no matter the injury or illness. If she had just let the doctors clone her cells when Hecates Plague was first discovered, she could have stopped the pandemicand the war. But her parents knew the government would also use her cells to clone an undefeatable army and wanted to protect Lyra from being a pawn in anyones game. So they kept her hidden and have now been on the run for years. Its a lonely, isolating existence and Lyra hates it. When she secretly befriends a young girl orphaned by the plague, Lyra takes a stand. She wont run again. But her impulsive decision has devastating consequences: her parents contract the deadly virus, leaving them only three days to liveunless Lyra can save them. But as shes sucked into a dangerous political game, she no longer knows the right thing to do. With time running out, she must finally decide whator whoshes willing to sacrifice in order to find a cure.