In 2083, chocolate and coffee are
illegal, paper is hard to find, water is carefully rationed, and New
York City is rife with crime and poverty. And yet, for Anya
Balanchine, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the city's most notorious
(and dead) crime boss, life is fairly routine. It consists of going to
school, taking care of her siblings and her dying grandmother, trying to
avoid falling in love with the new assistant D.A.'s son, and avoiding
her loser ex-boyfriend. That is until her ex is accidently poisoned by
the chocolate her family manufactures and the police think she's to
blame. Suddenly, Anya finds herself thrust unwillingly into the
spotlight--at school, in the news, and most importantly, within her
mafia family.
