Cress

In Marissa Meyer's 'Cress,' the third gripping installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, we meet Cress, a prodigiously talented hacker who has spent years incarcerated aboard a satellite. Isolated with only netscreens for company, Cress is compelled to do the bidding of the ruthless Queen Levana, her current task being to locate the rebellious Cinder and her ally, Emperor Kai. Unbeknownst to the queen, Cress harbors a secret loyalty to the resistance and has been discreetly aiding Cinder from her orbital prison. As the lives of Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress inevitably intertwine, the fight for freedom intensifies. Cress, a modern-day Rapunzel, is finally freed from her gilded cage, only to be thrust directly into the heart of the rebellion she's long observed. With Kai's life on the line and the delicate balance between Earth and Luna at stake, the protagonists face their greatest challenges yet. Meyer expertly crafts a futuristic science-fantasy where classic fairy tales are reimagined into an unforgettable, high-stakes saga where a 'happily ever after' is far from guaranteed.