Enemies (Roc Science Fiction)

Only Serina Kurakin Scriabin stands to unite the old world and the new. But the noblewoman bears the mark of the Last Resort, a birth defect caused by the biotoxins Andrei Mironenko unleashed a thousand years earlier in a desperate attempt to rid his planet of the Enemies. Her disfigurement is viewed by the people of Belarus as a punishment from God, so she must wear a heavy shroud at all times to shield her “sins” from view. Though shunned by aristocrats and peasants alike, Serina may harbour the answer to the Union’s secret mission – and the fate of Belarus itself...