In the 23rd century, there is a radiant world of endless summer where peace is maintained through emotional surveillance performed by a peculiar device called the Intercept. When Violet Crowley, the sixteen-year-old daughter of New Earth's Founding Father, is smuggled an artifact covered mysterious markings, it's up to her and her friends to decipher the message. Julia Keller's "The Tablet of Scaptur" is a standalone story set before the events ofThe Dark Intercept(available now from Tor Teen).