Dire Mistakes — Sue James

A woman consumed by hateOne man confused by it Another tasked with extinguishing it In a city plagued by humans with no emotion, one woman fights to find the truth that's been hidden for over a century. Born to be nothing more than a weapon, will she wield her power for redemption or revenge?Siana has lived most of her life in a constant state of hatred for the dires, the emotionless puppets that run Coranta. They have no sympathy and live by the city's only law: Everyone works. Everyone strives. Everyone gives, so the many survive. But when Coranta takes more than she is willing to give, she finds herself being a pawn in a war that she didn't know existed, with powers she never knew she had. Will she forgo revenge in exchange for a chance to save an entire society of people she hates from a war they didn't know they were a part of?