centers in a divided world; those born with red blood and those born with

silver. The “Silvers” which is what the people born with silver blood is called,
are the royals and the rich, born with superpowers, while the “Reds” are
poor and often serves as slaves.

Mare, a seventeen-years-old Red lives together with her poor family. Her
sister, who was the family’s initial bread-winner has her hand crushed, and
pick-pocketing is not an option for Mare anymore. One day, as she is trying
to earn money for her family, she meets the handsome Cal. He sees the
situation she is in and decided to help her, which reveals that he is the
crown prince, as he has assigned her to work in the royal Palace for the
Silvers.

She decides to work there, as her family will be given a lot of money. There
are many women trying to win the princess hand in marriage, and they
show of their powers in a rink. As Mare serves the people around the rink,
watching the shows the Silver women with powers are presenting, it is
Evangeline turn to show off. She has the power of manipulating metals, and
she causes and earthquake.

Mare falls down from one of the viewing boxes, towards the rink, but
before she falls to her death, she saves herself by creating a lightning
shield. This means that she has powers even though she is a red, and she is
taken away by the royal guards. The king and queen make a cover story of
Mare; she was the secret daughter of a strong Silver warrior, and therefore
has great power. They decide that she will marry the youngest prince,
Maven.

The Scarlet Guard is a resistance group that secretly works for the
betterment and rights for the Reds. Mare secretly joins, as she is scared. She
has always hated the Silvers for their treatment of the Reds, yet she begins
falling in love with both the princess. Mare is surprised to find out that the
prince’ weren’t as bad as she though they were, when Maven says he wants
to join them as well, as he realizes the county hasn’t been working
effectively.
There is a coup planned, where Mare and Maven join to kill the king. Cal
tries to stop them, though the Queen makes sure the King is killed anyway.
Maven reveals that he is a traitor, working for the Queen to have the
throne, not the Reds. Mare and Cal have to escape, and she decides to kill
Maven.